A good movie

I wasn't sure what to expect from this flick but since there was a pretty good cast, I thought I should check it out. Honestly, I really had a hard time to eventually judge this movie. To start with, during the whole thing, the makers try to convince you that it is a very original high-school comedy but it was, in fact, actually pretty generic. I thought also that the main character was pretty uneven. I mean, Charlie Bartlett was an appealing character and I liked how this outsider tried to be nice and decent towards everybody even the suicidal kid, the retarded giant in the bus or even with the guy bullying him. Unfortunately, they didn't think it was enough so they threw in the whole psychiatrist/dealer thing and that didn't work very well. Personally, I wish they spent more time with the other characters such as the principal played by Robert Downey Jr. or the girlfriend played by Kat Dennings. Even some smaller characters were quite interesting but they were unfortunately barely developed. Still, even though I was struggling to make up my mind about the whole thing, I still liked it though. I mean, to have Robert Downey Jr. portray a high-school principal was just brilliant and therefore, it gets an extra point. To conclude, even though it is actually pretty generic, I actually liked it and it is definitely worth a look, especially if you like the genre.

7/10