few things that didnt make sense

1) I was wondering about the prescriptions too-- it looked like he was going to several doctors; he may have gone to several pharmacies as well.

2) I must have missed that part. When did they give a year?

3) Yea, this ties into 5, but it's one of those things you have to take as granted for the sake of the plot.

4) As for the Ritalin, it takes a couple days before he completely flips. Besides, since he didn't actually have ADD, the drugs had a different effect on him. There's a big difference between taking drugs as needed and recreationally. Like those people that take pain pills when they're not in any pain-- it has a completely different effect on the brain and can cause dependence.

5) Probably.


The thing that really didn't make much sense to me was the whole "student lounge" premise. It's high school... the closest thing to a break is lunch. At my high school lunch was only half an hour... Not to mention-- what's the big deal that it had cameras monitoring it? It's either that or having teachers walk around. They're kids on school property during school hours-- they'd need to be supervised if only for liability reasons.

It irked me that the principal etc. were made out to be bad guys for wanting some level of supervision. In addition, can anyone really blame the principal when he wanted to look in the prescription bag that the prescription drug dealing boy gave to his daughter? There are so many posts here about what a jerk he was for doing that.

hehe... sorry, most of this is unrelated to your post.

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so they cant bring in video games and stuff from the outside world?

how hard is it to bring in an xbox and tv. you put the tv on a stand, put the xbox by it, plug them both in, and you got yourself a nice little video game console.

hm. i guess my college dorm room that has been there since the 80s must not have internet access... oh wait, IT TOTALLY DOES!
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Danny: Well Terry it sure as sh*t aint sad (Ocean's Thirteen)

2. it didn't take place in 83. the student lounge was built during the class of 83. if you look at it, its obviously well lived in.

4. like the other person said. if you don't need it, it wont take weeks, it'll take ooo about 45 minutes maybe an hour.

1) not impossible but it wouldn't be so immediate. and they have tests for ADD and ADHD he wouldn't just write him a prescription. but then again, it's a movie. who has time for such details.
2) i don't know.
3) yes but this movie wasn't about those people. irrelevant.
4) no they are immediate. and if you don't have ADD or ADHD, it can effect you that way. Though he definitely was effin around with the cop when waiting at his house... it doesn't get you high like that.
5) it's a movie. they sped things up for you. they show suggested that time was passing though, so that's good enough.. it's not like this happened in a week.

Here's the deal:
1. The psychologist is a family doctor, so they would not need to run tests on him, they would just give him the Rx. In addition, he was going to numerous doctors. He is a rich kid and could do that. There is no real way for his psychiatrists to communicate with each other, so it would be easy for really anyone to do it, and even easier if you had money.

2. It is the class of '83. There was an anachronism with the "porn" comment. Good call.

3. Yes, but we never really saw those who "hated" Charlie, it was just implied that he was rejoiced by "everyone." It's easier to say.

4. Ritalin is basically a form of speed. Just like taking aspirin, it works quickly. He really doesn't go crazy right away, he just gets hyper, a trait of the drug for those who do not have ADD/ADHD. The more he took, the crazier he got. It's portrayed correctly.

5. It was never really stated how long it took him, but in HS popularity can come pretty quick, especially if you pull crazy stunts. And, anyway, how long did you want his treck to popularity to take? It's a movie. Not a book series.

I don't think the intent of the movie was that you find you can relate to Charlie Bartlett because you too are a subscription drug dealer at your high school. So as far as the drug related things, you're pretty much supposed to accept the fact that he is really rich, he went to a lot of shrinks, and managed to obtain subscriptions for a lot of people. Take into account the fact that he's obscenely rich, and rich people generally can get whatever they want.

If you listen the principal says something along the lines of "The gift from the Class of 83 will be now be known as the Charlie Bartlett detention center." So the student lounge was a gift from 1983, not set in 1983.

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for number 2, its NOT supposed to be class of 1983. if you look at the fake drivers' licenses in the beginning of the movie it says that they were issued in 2004 and expire in 2009. so the date for the movie is spposed to be between those years