Good story, Not enough for a whole film

A movie that not only functions as a solid scarefest but a razor-sharp satire.

I enjoyed watching this film and would recommend other to give it a try , (as I am) but this movie, although enjoyable to watch due to the better than average acting fails to add anything new to its storyline that is all too familiar to these types of movies.

The tone of this movie is interesting -- the stakes are both dramatic and high, but it's balanced with a lot of fun, tongue and cheek dialogue.

The Perfect Score (2004): Dir: Brian Robbins / Cast: Erika Christensen, Scarlett Johansson, Chris Evans, Bryan Greenberg, Darius Miles: Pathetic showcasing about how we are evaluated based on test scores. The screenplay assembles six types as oppose to personalities and involves them in a scheme to steal the SAT (Scholastic Assessment Test) answers and then throw in a phony revelation where they realize that they don't need it. What a crock. Director Brian Robbins has made garbage before in the form of Good Burger and Ready to Rumble but this time he has a difficult time keeping that boom microphone from bobbing into frame. Perhaps he should try to figure out what he did right with Varsity Blues. Among the cast is Erika Christensen playing the typical snob who wishes to defy her parents. One must wonder how Scarlett Johansson went from Lost in Translation to this? Was she having a bad day? Did she lose a bet and become the butt of a cruel pay up? Chris Evans, Darius Miles and Bryan Greenberg also make forgettable appearances. There is a half-ass theme regarding abilities ignored in favour of test scores but this film scores low and contains no ability in any department. Its potential arguments are second hand to the ridiculous storytelling. Best advice is to scrape this film into a trash bin and that would be the perfect score for any victimized viewer. Score: 1 / 10

Well, "The Perfect Score" is a very unknown movie in my country, and for some reason I decided watching it last afternoon. I'm just out of words to express how impressed it got me. From the get go, the story feels entertaining and different from mainstream pictures, especially when it comes to such young characters and subject. The cast is very charming, given that every actor/actress has its own beauty, which creates more connection with the young audience. But, what made me notice I was seeing a professional film, was the GREAT acting coming from everywhere, mainly from the two male leads. I wouldn't ever expect such ability in an unpretentious story like this. Also, characters aren't portrayed as the extreme clichés Hollywood usually follow; for instance, the Japanese guy is a pothead in here, instead of a studying genius. "Because I Got High" song made me laugh every time Roy was caught smoking. In fact, the whole soundtrack feels cool, showing the best of early 2000's pop/punk, with artists like American-HiFi and Simple Plan. The only let down was the predictable character of Matthew Lillard, who ALWAYS play the stupid guy. But, all in all, "The Perfect Score" proves to be everything a teenager might expect from a high school themed movie, without even appealing to be a drug inciter, so it has my recommendation for sure.

The Perfect Score is a teenage heist film about a group of students who plot to break into the SAT headquarters to steal the answers of the test so they can all pass and continue on with their merry way. Their reason? They believe since the SAT creators don't play fair, they don't have to either.The students in the film make excellent points about standardized testing. One of the boys claims that they tell you from day one in school to be unique, but then they give you the same test, treating you all as the same students. Grades and GPA's don't matter come time for the ACT and SAT. You can be the best in your grade, and average student, or the class idiot and you'll get the same test.Irony stems from that, and the fact that you're being tested on all the things you'll most likely learn in College. Not to mention, the teachers and the school get money and more funding if they find out your school has the best test scores. It's a grade that defines you, and all also profits the school.Director Brian Robbins directed many early Nickelodeon shows such as All That, and one of my all time favorites, Kenan & Kel. He even was the man behind the camera in Good Burger, a childhood favorite of mine. He has his name on a lot of things I like, but if only The Perfect Score could add to that list.The story focuses on teens of all different stereotypes (the sports player, the outsider, the average kid, the below average kid, the good girl, and the stoner) who want to overthrow the system and sneak into the SAT headquarters, print the answers to the test, do well, and move on with their lives. They're heist becomes a lot more difficult when they realize they will have to fill out the answers one by one on the spot while trying to avoid getting caught. But in the end, they wind up learning something more about themselves and each other.It's a cute story, and it has certain ambition and appeal. But the characters never morph past their stereotypes like a film like this would suggest. One of the characters mentions The Breakfast Club, so now I feel obligated to compare it to that. In The Breakfast Club, the characters started out as stereotypes, but along the way, showed that they were more sincere than reality had made them out to be. It shows that the five kids in detention aren't as shallow as they seem.In The Perfect Score, the characters seem like they'll make progress and morph into better people, but it simply never happens. Everyone's likable, everyone's young and vibrant, but the overall effect is underwhelming at best. Not to say some scenes aren't enjoyable or some characters are poorly written, but the storyline is sketchy, believability is slim, and the optimism turns into dead dreams. It's one of those teen films where after you watched it, you feel like you watched it. Not like you lived or relived it.Starring: Erika Christensen, Chris Evans, Bryan Greenberg, Scarlett Johansson, Darius Miles, and Leonardo Nam. Directed by: Brian Robbins.

Six high school students from different backgrounds are frightened because the upcoming SAT exam. None of them was great in the first exam as they should be, and the perspective of their futures being destroyed, makes them conspire together to steal the answers. In this way, they can get perfect scores and have the success they need.''The Perfect Score'' is a teen comedy and the only actress I recognize in this movie, is Scarlett Johansson. The movie is ordinary and weak and no one has a great acting in it, Scarlett Johansson included. The characters are boring and the romance in it is cheesy as well. The thing I liked the most was the end of it, because it came with some surprises. If the movie ended how I expected it to end, for sure I would give a lower rate. The good thing about this movie, is to show how S.A.T is terrible and how it scares the students.Many important things, like the students grades in school,are not taken care of.I don't think this is the worst movie of all, but sure is far from being the best teen movie I already watched.For my own surprise, the character I liked the most was Roy, the Chinese drug addicted and super genius student.