"It's great to see you all here. My name is Charlie Bartlett. And if there's anything I want you to walk away with tonight, it's that the sky's the limit!"

So goes the title character's rock star fantasy in Charlie Bartlett, the new teen comedy from director Jon Poll, which stars Anton Yelchin (Alpha Dog), Kat Dennings (The 40 Year Old Virgin), Robert Downey Jr. (Lucky You) and Hope Davis (The Nines). Dreamboat Yelchin, 18, plays Charlie, a precocious rich kid from a broken home (medicated mom, absent dad), prone to grand scale fantasies and who, kicked out of every prep academy, lands in public high school. Kat Dennings, 21, plays his love interest Susan, a snarky drama club girl, also from a broken home (troubled father, absent mother). As Charlie navigates the popularity spectrum, he gets the punk rock school bully (played by Tyler Hilton) on his side and begins playing the role of bathroom psychiatrist, doling out advice and the occasional repurposed prescription. Later on, he realizes that this isn't the best way to get attention and help his fellow students, and instead makes amends with who he really is.

If you're a teen movie buff, you'll notice references — some subtle, some not-so — to Harold and Maude, Ferris Bueller's Day Off, The Breakfast Club, and Rushmore. What's new about this movie is that it falls somewhere between noir teen flicks like Donnie Darko and more feel-good films like Ferris Bueller. It also feels very genuine, maybe because when I interviewed Kat and Anton (separately), they both mentioned Poll's request for their input for the movie (Anton to his character's backstory, Kat to her character's penchant for rock candy and choice of nail polish). Read on for more pictures from the movie and to hear from the young stars.

Read the rest of this interview at ELLEgirl.com.