Expelled from yet another private school for his blossoming, though illegal, entrepreneurial activities, wealthy teenager Charlie Bartlett (Anton Yelchin) finds himself at regular High School.His smart, geeky appearance gets him a first day beating from the school bully so his overly medicated mother (Hope Davis) calls in the family psychiatrist to help him out.An opportunity not to be missed, Charlie sets himself up as the school agony aunt, dishing out advice and prescription drugs, courtesy of the family shrink, from the school rest rooms.His charm, charisma and access to medication soon starts to win him new friends as well as the attentions of the principals daughter(Kat Dennings), much to the annoyance of the Principal (Robert Downey Jr.) a man battling his own demons in this cool, edgy comedy.
The costume designer for Charlie Bartlett was Luis Sequeira, who recently completed a project Flash of Genius starring Lauren Graham, Dermot Mulroney, Greg Kinnear and Alan Alda amongst others.
