Being Charlie Page #2

Synopsis: Charlie is a troublesome 18-year-old who breaks out of a youth drug treatment clinic, but when he returns home to Los Angeles, he's given an intervention by his parents and forced to go to an adult rehab. There, he meets a beautiful but troubled girl, Eva, and is forced to battle with drugs, elusive love and divided parents.
Genre: Drama, Romance
Director(s): Rob Reiner
Production: Castle Rock Entertainment
  1 win.
 
IMDB:
6.3
Metacritic:
47
Rotten Tomatoes:
24%
R
Year:
2015
97 min
$11,872
478 Views


- Charlie.

- Look, man,

I knew that was gonna happen.

I told you.

Let's just be smart

about this, okay?

Oh, what, you taking their side?

No. No, man.

I'm on your side, all right?

It's just it's... look, it's all

about knowing when to f*** up.

All right? You think your dad's

gonna give a sh*t

about any of this

when he's elected?

No. No,

he's gonna be in sacramento

- doing his governor thing.

- That's the point, man.

Now it's about

f***ing up his campaign.

Then it'll be

about f***ing up his agenda.

Right. You're right. Go ahead.

Go... go do what you always do.

Go shoot up.

Prove everyone right.

With no money,

what are you gonna do, huh?

Go down to skid row and

wave your virgin a**hole around?

You just...

Stick it out for 30 days.

You know, I'll be

moving out of my parents',

in my own place

for sophomore year.

You can... you can stay there

as long as you want.

Right.

No, you're right.

Besides, I should probably

save my virgin a**hole

for that special someone, right?

Someone who, you know,

loves me for me, right?

I could be that guy.

I just... I just can't take

another one of those

lockdown places, you know?

They said it was supposed

to be like a hotel.

Yeah, they always say that.

I'll probably walk

the second I get there.

I'm here if you need me.

I'll be thinking 'bout you.

Oh, sure you will. Yeah.

You'll be sniffing coke off

of some sorority girl's tits,

thinking, "i wonder how

Charlie's sobriety is coming?"

Lift your scrotum, please.

It just covers you like a...

a warm blanket

inside and out.

Hey, it's a new guy.

How you doing, new guy?

They probably put him

in Joe's room.

Yeah, he was way too cool

for this place.

Yeah, he flew the cuckoo's nest,

went mcmurphy.

You guys do nothing

but complain about how you can't

stand it in this place here,

but you don't have the guts

to just walk out?

Paul, just finish, man.

- - Okay.

So all I'm saying is...

You could be under a bridge

in the cold rain,

still feel the warmth.

You could hit the lottery.

Win the nobel prize,

and bang the homecoming queen

all at the same time,

and it wouldn't touch

that first rush.

F***.

Man, I'm sold.

But every shot after that,

just sloppy seconds.

The lucky ones

just mourn the feeling,

but most end up

chasing it to the grave.

Okay, open your eyes.

So before we start,

would anybody like to share

feelings about Joe's departure?

Joe's gone?

No one has anything to share?

I have something.

Before group, I couldn't help

but overhear Paul

talking explicitly

and glowingly

about heroin usage.

And I feel,

in light of Joe's relapse,

this kind of drug talk

is counterproductive

to working a rigorous program.

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