The Perfect Score (2004)
16 %
Reviews Counted: 104 Fresh: 17 Rotten:87 Average Rating: 3.7/10
Consensus: Neither funny nor suspenseful, this heist / teen flick also fails to explore its potentially socially relevant premise. more
Rated: PG-13
Runtime: 1 hr 32 mins
Runtime: 1 hr 32 mins
Synopsis:
High school senior Kyle (Chris Evans) gets a major shock when he discovers his SAT score isn't good enough to get him into college as an architecture major. A perfectionist, Kyle's resilient nature is sparked when he embroils his best friend Matty (Bryan Greenberg) in a madcap scheme to steal... [More]
Genre: Comedies
Starring: Erika Christensen, Chris Evans, Bryan Greenberg, Scarlett Johansson, Darius Miles
Director: Brian Robbins
Screenwriter: Mark Schwahn, Marc Hyman, Jon Zack
Producer: Roger Birnbaum, Jonathan Glickman, Brian Robbins, Mike Tollin
Composer: John Murphy
Screenwriter: Mark Schwahn, Marc Hyman, Jon Zack
Producer: Roger Birnbaum, Jonathan Glickman, Brian Robbins, Mike Tollin
Composer: John Murphy
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Squarely aimed at teens with little regard for anyone else...
08/01/06 03:17 AM
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06/24/06 04:03 AM
The work of a filmmaker and team of writers so conscious of their own formulaic crutch that they demand a production that feels like more than the sum of its parts.
09/16/04 03:36 PM
...yesterday's news, another film that takes the audience for granted and expects them to be more forgiving than the mindless plot and lackluster direction.
07/05/04 05:05 PM
The Perfect Score is amenable, enjoyable and as quickly forgotten as all those tricks you learned in your SAT prep class.
04/16/04 08:18 AM
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04/09/04 08:18 AM
What could, and should, have been as fun and daring as skipping school turns out to be as dull as a two-hour detention.
03/16/04 05:29 PM
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03/11/04 05:00 PM
The filmmakers need to re-watch “Ocean’s Eleven” study up, and remind themselves of this important fact: Even teenagers want a movie that makes them think.
02/27/04 08:31 AM
Is it a heist movie? A teen coming of age flick? A high school comedy? A morality play? It’s sort of all of those, but really none of them, as it doesn’t quite hit the mark.
02/15/04 03:55 PM
Were it not for the recent "Arrival" of one Scarlett Johansson, The Perfect Score would still be holding down a shelf in the Paramount Pictures - Do Not Release office.
02/14/04 02:52 AM
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02/13/04 05:24 AM
... Tries in vain to be both The Breakfast Club and Ocean's Eleven.
02/06/04 01:16 PM
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02/05/04 05:21 PM
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