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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.

Runtime: 1 hr 32 mins

Genre: Comedies

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 the movie sensitive teen-meister John Hughes would have made had he been strapped to a bench, a knife at his throat, with a pulsating garage band score on continuous loop placed two inches from his eardrum.

Full Review Source: Los Angeles Daily News | comment Comment
01/30/04
Evan Henerson
Evan Henerson
Los Angeles Daily News

Screenwriters Mark Schwahn, Marc Hyman and Jon Zack can't decide whether they want Perfect Score to be funny or serious, with the result that it falls short of being either.

Full Review Source: Kansas City Star | comment Comment
01/30/04
Robert W. Butler
Robert W. Butler
Kansas City Star

There's very little tension in The Perfect Score because everything seems to fall into their laps or laptops.

Full Review Source: Jam! Movies | comment Comment
01/30/04
Louis B. Hobson
Louis B. Hobson
Jam! Movies

Oddly paced and emotionally flat.

Full Review Source: Jam! Movies | comment Comment
01/30/04
Liz Braun
Liz Braun
Jam! Movies

Simply uses the test as a reason to assemble six teen stereotypes.

Full Review Source: Detroit Free Press | comment Comment
01/30/04
John Monaghan
John Monaghan
Detroit Free Press

Thuddingly unfunny.

Full Review Source: Deseret News, Salt Lake City | comment Comment
01/30/04
Jeff Vice
Jeff Vice
Deseret News, Salt Lake City

Fails to gain admission into the elite group of inspired teen comedies.

Full Review Source: Denver Rocky Mountain News | comment Comment
01/30/04
Robert Denerstein
Robert Denerstein
Denver Rocky Mountain News

Scribes Marc Hyman, Mark Schwahn and Jon Zack have crafted a snappy romp about right, wrong, and the teasing in-between.

Full Review Source: Denver Post | comment Comment
01/30/04
Lisa Kennedy
Lisa Kennedy
Denver Post

It's too palatable. It maintains a tone of light seriousness, and it depends on the caper for too much of its entertainment value.

Full Review Source: Chicago Sun-Times | comment 1 Comment
01/30/04
Roger Ebert
Roger Ebert
Chicago Sun-Times
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Its rebel yell takes a back seat to the inevitabilities of the squeaky plot.

Full Review Source: Boston Globe | comment Comment
01/30/04
Wesley Morris
Wesley Morris
Boston Globe

Director Brian Robbins is no John Hughes, though he does strive for 'message movie' status.

Full Review Source: Salt Lake Tribune | comment Comment
01/30/04
Sean Means
Sean Means
Salt Lake Tribune

If we were to give The Perfect Score a SAT score, it would be a 1040--it doesn't pass with flying colors, but it bubbles in a few choice moments.

Full Review Source: Hollywood.com | comment Comment
01/30/04
Kit Bowen
Kit Bowen
Hollywood.com

(Scarlett) Johansson fashions a memorably acidic personality that fits this material perfectly.

Full Review Source: Filmcritic.com | comment Comment
01/30/04
Sean O'Connell
Sean O'Connell
Filmcritic.com

Although the comedy is often flat (wow is a Matrix parody dated) and the heist scenes won’t be accused of rivaling Ocean’s Eleven, these characters do resonate.

Full Review Source: Lawrence Journal-World | comment Comment
01/30/04
Jon Niccum
Jon Niccum
Lawrence Journal-World

Seems like a not-so-well-thought-out daydream of a 17-year-old.

Full Review Source: Arizona Daily Star | comment Comment
01/30/04
Phil Villarreal
Phil Villarreal
Arizona Daily Star

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Full Review Source: Hollywood.com | comment Comment
01/30/04
Hollywood.com
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Even among the ranks of the diminutive, this one's got nothing to boast about.

Full Review Source: Globe and Mail | comment Comment
01/30/04
Rick Groen
Rick Groen
Globe and Mail

I think my SAT score is too high to appreciate this movie.

Full Review Source: TheMovieChicks.com | comment Comment
01/30/04
Cherryl Dawson and Leigh Ann Palone
Cherryl Dawson and Leigh Ann Palone
TheMovieChicks.com

These generic “insert stoner here” movies will never work, no matter how young you are.Even the least discerning viewer wants to at least watch some kind of character.

Full Review Source: About.com | comment Comment
01/29/04
Fred Topel
Fred Topel
About.com

It's Ocean's Eleven for people who can't count past six.

Full Review Source: Oregonian | comment Comment
01/29/04
Marc Mohan
Marc Mohan
Oregonian
 
 
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