Lifestyles of the rich and famous ... Anton Yelchin and Robert Downey Jr
With Juno's success fresh in the memory, everyone wants a charming twee indie hit to call their own. America is once again ready to embrace quirky teenage whimsy and Jon Poll's comedy Charlie Bartlett hopes to ride that particular wave of goodwill for all it's worth.
The waters look choppy at the moment though. The film has so far failed to recoup its $12m budget at the box office and the critical reception has been somewhat lukewarm.
Wendy Ide writing in the Times saw it as an "engaging little film" but warns that "it's not as quirky and unconventional as it thinks it is." The Independent's Robert Hanks was impressed with Anton Yelchin's performance as Charlie, but bemoaned how the film "succumbs more and more to the urge to slip over moral messages" as it progresses.
In this paper, Steve Rose took a dimmer view, saying that the central character Bartlett was "neither sympathetic enough to root for nor dumb enough to laugh at".
Catherine Shoard in the Telegraph was even less kind, calling Bartlett "an arch, irritating megalomaniac." speculating "if this is the kind of kid that Juno would have spawned then no wonder she opted for adoption."
And while Digital Spy's Ben Rawson-Jones, thought the film "hilarious and poignant" Julia Raeside on the Channel 4 website thought it may win an award for "the most brazenly derivative film ever made".
The critics have had their say - what about you? Were you charmed by the millionaire underdog or do you agree with the Sun's dismissal of the film as "Ferris Bueller on an off-day"?
