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The Perfect Score (2004)

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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.

Rated: PG-13 [See Full Rating] for language, sexual content and some drug references

Runtime: 1 hr 32 mins

Genre: Comedies

Theatrical Release:Jan 30, 2004 Wide

Box Office: $10,279,192

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... 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 the SATs. The boys soon realize the enormity of the task ahead of them, and recruit an eclectic bunch of willing accomplices to help. Among their group are Francesca (Scarlett Johansson), an anti-authoritarian hipster whose father happens to work in the building where the elusive test scores are kept; Anna (Erica Christensen), an overachiever who flunked the test due to nerves; Desmond (Darius Miles), the school's star basketball player who wants to get into a good college; and Ray (Leonardo Nam), a hapless stoner who is only included in the group after overhearing Kyle and Matty planning the robbery in the school bathroom. Determined not to fail, the students overcome their different backgrounds and manage to work together by planning an SAT heist in meticulous detail. As the harebrained scheme becomes a reality, moments of bonding, hilarity, and a few lessons in life ensue, as well as a sly critique of the tests along race and gender lines. [More]

Starring: Erika Christensen, Chris Evans, Bryan Greenberg, Scarlett Johansson

Starring: Erika Christensen, Chris Evans, Bryan Greenberg, Scarlett Johansson, Darius Miles, Leonardo Nam, Tyra Ferrell, Fulvio Cecere, Matthew Lillard, Lorena Gale, Lynda Boyd, Michael Ryan, Robert Clarke, Alfred E. Humphreys

Director: Brian Robbins

Director: Brian Robbins
Screenwriter: Mark Schwahn, Marc Hyman, Jon Zack
Producer: Roger Birnbaum, Jonathan Glickman, Brian Robbins, Mike Tollin
Composer: John Murphy
Studio: Paramount Pictures

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  • It's a film about 6 teenagers from diverse backgrounds - among them the school's star basketball player - who conspire to break into a SAT testing center to steal the answers in hope of acing their exam. They quickly realize that the answer to their problems and the key to their happiness do not lie in achieving a perfect score.
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    Squarely aimed at teens with little regard for anyone else...

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    10/07/04
    Tony Medley
    Tony Medley
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    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.

    Full Review Source: Tyler Morning Telegraph (Texas) | comment Comment
    09/16/04
    Mark Collette
    Mark Collette
    Tyler Morning Telegraph (Texas)

    The Perfect Score is amenable, enjoyable and as quickly forgotten as all those tricks you learned in your SAT prep class.

    Full Review Source: Local Planet Weekly (Spokane, WA) | comment Comment
    04/16/04
    Rachel Deahl
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    03/16/04
    Brian Orndorf
    Brian Orndorf
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    What could, and should, have been as fun and daring as skipping school turns out to be as dull as a two-hour detention.

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    03/11/04
    Rich Cline
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    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.

    Full Review Source: Spectrum (St. George, Utah) | comment Comment
    02/27/04
    Bruce Bennett
    Bruce Bennett
    Spectrum (St. George, Utah)

    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.

    Full Review Source: Apollo Guide | comment Comment
    02/15/04
    Brian Webster
    Brian Webster
    Apollo Guide

    As a teen movie, "The Perfect Score" is just passable.

    Full Review Source: Quad City Times (Davenport, IA) | comment Comment
    02/14/04
    Linda Cook
    Linda Cook
    Quad City Times (Davenport, IA)

    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.

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