this film infuriate me enough that i be not certain i can write sensibly about it . so forgive me if i begin to rant . the thing be and this movie blatantly rip off several movie that i love and include harold and maude and pump up the volume and some kind of wonderful and sixteen candle and ferris bueller day off and rushmore . it be not an homage to these film . it simple thievery . and not do by an adept thief and but by an amateur . mean the thievery doesn not even work . the song if you want to sing out and sing out be write by cat stevens specifically for the film harold and maude ( one of only two song write for that film and the other be don not be shy ) . in this film it use twice and the first time a a duet on the piano and just a it use the first time in harold and maude and which be annoy enough . but the second time and it doesn not fit at all . it use to end a play a play that be suppose to be controversial and by the way and but which clearly isn not write by a student . so gustin nash have the student be a thief as well this poor suicidal character ( the suicide attempt and incidentally and be straight out of pump up the volume and a be charlie bartlett speech near the end and his subsequent arrest in fact and a he be put into the back of the police car in slow motion and i couldn not help but turn to my friend and say talk hard ) . so the play within the film end with a song steal from a much well film but doesn not fit at all . also and they do not get the lyric right and but that insignificant when compare to the large problem of this movie . if you do decide to see this film and i suggest a way to enjoy it represent shout out the title of the movie each scene be steal from . i will give you a hint . when the movie begin and i mean the second it start shout out and rushmore . you will be ahead of the game . the first scene be the first scene from rushmore . a teenager fantasy about stand in front of his peer and be successful and lead the way and then get shake out of his reverie by a teacher . actually and the first several scene be from rushmore . the boy get kick out of private school and end up in public school and but still wear the blazer with the private school emblem on it . but gustin nash be not content to steal from just harold and maude and rushmore . be soon introduce to the bully from some kind of wonderful and and surprise and surprise he and the main character become friend . and he and like elias koteas in the good film and have hide artistic talent . he can act . so and like in rushmore and the bully be in the play at the end of the film . we also have the scene from sixteen candle where a couple leave a dance to go sit in the backseat of broken car within the building . of course and before that be treat to the school bus ride from sixteen candle . that remind me . there be a school bus sign to let charlie bartlett know where to catch the bus and yet no one else get on at that stop . so why be the sign there . do the bus always stop there and even when there be no student . or do they just put the sign up that day for him . well and this movie be not the bad film i have ever see . there be actually some good acting in it and especially by kat dennings a susan and charlie love interest and and tyler hilton a the bully . and of course hope davis be always good . and robert downey jr. and an actor i love and do the best he can with the material but he do fall flat in several scene and particularly a horrible scene involve him wave a gun around next to his pool . i could go on for several page about all that be wrong with that scene and but i would not . because i hope by now i have convince you to stay far away from this film . don not let this amateur thief have a hit . let him fade quietly away .