Thursday, January 31, 2008

From our bulging “art imitates life” files...

From the Apple.com notes for the movie Charlie Bartlett, set for re-release in theatres later in February: "An optimist, a truth-teller and a fearless schemer, when Charlie slyly positions himself as his new school’s resident 'psychiatrist,' dishing out both honest advice and powerful prescriptions, he has no idea the ways in which he will transform his classmates, the school principal and the potential of his own life."

The lead character, played by Anton Yelchin, obtains the prescriptions by faking symptoms to the real school psychiatrist, who, like most adults in movies of this genre, are easily duped by the teenaged hero.

The principal is played by Robert Downey, Jr. Am I the only one who sees the irony in that?

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