I wasn't really looking forward to "Charlie Bartlett," because honestly, in my opinion since the early 90s' there hasn't been a plethora of good teen movies. Only, an unexpected thing happened, "Charlie Bartlett" won me over with its intelligent humor. Teen movies don't usually strive to be smart when the only real requirement needed to put people in the seats is funny. If a teen movie brings the funny it doesn't really need to bring the smart. So, when a flick like "Charlie Bartlett" brings both the funny and the smart its a rare feat indeed.

The story plays out like this, Charlie (Anton Yelchin) is a rich kid that can't seem to keep himself from getting kicked out of every ivy league private school his drunk, but sexy mom sends him to. Forcing his mother (Hope Davis) to send him to public school. Only public school is rough for a kid like Charlie, he's scrawny, stupid smart, and wants to be friends with everyone (dorks included). He spends his first few days getting his ass kicked, and his head dunked into toilets until he comes to a realization after spending some time with his mother's pill prescribing head shrink. So he teams up with the school bully Murphey (Tyler Hilton) and opens up a psychiatric practice/pharmacy in the boys bathroom, and since all kids love drugs he's soon the most popular kid in school. But Charlie made one mistake, he fell in love with principal Gardner's (Robert Downey Jr.) daughter, susan (Kat Dennings).

The most impressive thing director Jon Poll did with "Charlie Bartlett" was inject intelligent characters played by brilliant actors into the traditional teen movie formula. The actors in this flick are amazing! Anton Yelchin was perfect as the archetypical popular-nerd, and Downey Jr. as always was amazing as the unhappy principal. But the most surprising cast member was Tyler Hilton, who played the bully from the wrong side of the tracks. Hilton stole almost every scene he was in and became my favorite character in the flick. Which is a pretty difficult task for a supporting character.

The direction was solid, the acting was stellar, the writing smart. The only negative thing I can say about the flick was that it was a little long. "Charlie Bartlett" was a smart smart and enduring flick and is definitely a killer film.

Video: Was pristine.

Sound: The 5.1 soundtrack sounded great on my home theater system.

Special Features: Commentary Track with director Jon Poll and a music video for Spiral Beach's "Voodoo," were the only extras on the disc. I'd have enjoyed a little behind the scenes footage, but it was nowhere to be found.