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Random movie recommendation time. In honor of the fact that I just found out Amazon Prime has Charlie Bartlett in it’s movie collection, I’m here to tell literally everyone—hi hyperbole, how are ya?—on the internet to go watch it. Starring the late and great Anton Yelchin, Charlie Bartlett is a teen/high school dramedy that actually made me sit down and listen. Sure, it doesn’t get everything right—take your meds responsibly, cadets. But fuck, it sure doesn’t get everything wrong. This movie embodies some of the cringiest teenage cliches, like apathy, popularity, etc., but in those cliches we get some outstanding performances from Yelchin, Robert Downey Jr., Kat Dennings, and Hope Davis. The plot’s a little thin & sometimes contrived, but the tongue-in-cheek dialogue and high-class acting more than makes up for it. There are some skilled af people behind this production, and more often than not, nobody I know has even heard of it. So go out and watch it—you won’t regret it.

Also, did I mention it has RDJ in it?