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Good movie but grossly overrated

Fresh and Exciting

Great story, amazing characters, superb action, enthralling cinematography. Yes, this is something I am glad I spent money on.

This movie is brilliant. It still makes me laugh having seen it about five times, I laugh out loud when I just think about some of the scenes. As well as being incredibly funny it's moving, and deals with some important issues faced by teenagers today. It's also very well acted all around, particularly by Anton Yelchin (who most people know as Chekov in the new star trek movies).I've spent quite a lot of time telling people about this film and no one seems to have heard of it which makes me really sad because it's such a good filmI honestly can't praise it enough. Just watch it. Now!

As an avid Scifi fan I was really looking forward to this 'alien' prequel and perhaps therein lies the problem but this film is flawed on so many levels I do not know where to begin but I will begin with the biggest and most fatal flaw of the lot. I did not care! The characters are so under developed that not only didn't I care about any of them but didn't really understand why any would behave in the ways that they did. Fassbender was OK, Rapace wasn't bad given her command of the English language is less than perfect but all others were vacuous and frankly pointless. Theron suffers particularly for this poor lack of development and just comes across as wooden rather than cold which I suspect was the intention.The second problem is plausibility. Now I know it's a scifi and you need to suspend disbelief but that should be limited to the premise. As it is we are asked to believe that these so called scientists, educated and measured people would disregard scientific methods and become mindless idiots, wandering off from groups (cliche) and prodding and poking things as soon as they see them. Collecting samples in what can only be described as a duffle bag is among the worst of these actions.Finally and perhaps most disappointingly for Alien fans is where is the menace? Alien and some of the sequels succeeded because you were anxious almost all the way through the film. Here there was none, no egde of your seat moments, no heart stopping scenes, just a collection of uneven scenes hastily cobbled together to minimal effect.It is beautifully shot hence why I've given it 4 stars but other than that very poor and for me the most underwhelming film I've seen in a long while!

An enjoyable little flick that is difficult to put a finger on which age group would appreciate it most. All-in-all, it is a semi-dark comedy with some romantic undertones and drama; similar to that of Wes Anderson's 'Rushmore.' The protagonist, Charlie Bartlett, gives a good look at how even the most wealthy, private school attending teens can still be troubled by separated parents, and more specifically the lack of an important male role model (Charlie's father is not seen throughout the entire film and it is hinted that he is incarcerated for one reason or anther...). Bartlett can really be viewed as someone with a real heart of gold, it's just that things go awry for him when he switches to a public school and changes from a preppy-dressed "nerd" so-to-speak, to "Mr. Cool" as he decides to take matters into his own hands and form a psychiatry station of his own in the student bathroom, where he reads up on, diagnoses, holds talk therapy sessions and medicates many of the kids in his school...When Charlie falls for a girl in his literature class, unaware she is the principal's (Robert Downey, Jr.) daughter (Kat Dennings), he is put in many awkward situations with the school's principal (who is an alcoholic, & also divorced) and the superintendent. Interestingly enough, as the plot unravels, Charlie becomes the school's revolutionary hero as he becomes the school's unofficial psychiatrist and peace maker.The storyline is fantastic, fun, and filled with edgy humor, finishing with a bittersweet ending and a warm-fuzzy feeling after some amends are made and lessons are learned. Truly a feel-good-hit of the decade & a more realistic take on teen life in the 2000's than PG-rated movies of the same genre (i.e. Miley Cyrus' chick-flick from 2010, "High School Musical," etc.)...I highly recommend the movie as it is one that will be a cult phenomenon in years to come as well as a modern-day classic. It has a great soundtrack, some realistic themes that teens wouldn't normally talk to their parents about and some fantastic acting. Love it or hate it, it is a pure look at teen life nowadays, no doubt about it. It's rare that a story with good morals and edgy humor make for a good plot, but this one seems to have hit the jackpot.A+

I can understand what direction it's trying to go but isn't all that absorbing. The plot is about not the average drug dealer and the main reason why he sells drugs is not because of the money but because of popularity. It's starts off alright but loses it's edge as the film progresses and becomes very narrow in a negative way. For a comedy it wasn't funny and the direction and pacing isn't well done, like I said I know what it's trying to do but doesn't really accomplishes that task. Also for the most part this is a very predictable movie with characters that are not memorable. The premise would have been alright but nothing is really absorbing or got my attention, but left me bored most of the way through. Maybe because of the dull and generic direction it takes, it isn't a terrible movie but there are better movies with a similar premise.5.8/10