A great movie Charlie Bartlett is one of those rare movies that really get you thinking afterward. It actually portrays the average high school in today's society. It makes you think about the problems and pressures of this corrupted generation. It is not the average high school movie that you see everyday. The basic thing it is trying to tell you is that popularity is not as important as what you do with it. Charlie goes over his problems by helping others, while most other seventeen year old kids would just wallow in their own self pity. What it shows is that not all teenagers are just stupid, mindless popularity zombies, in fact, most teens have a very good realization of what the real world is. Basically, it is a great movie that you should a chance, it will surprise you.