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The Perfect Score

  • 2004
  • PG-13
  • 1h 33m
IMDb RATING
5.7/10
27K
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Erika Christensen, Chris Evans, Scarlett Johansson, Bryan Greenberg, Darius Miles, and Leonardo Nam in The Perfect Score (2004)
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Six high school seniors decide to break into the Princeton Testing Center so they can steal the answers to their upcoming SAT tests and all get perfect scores.Six high school seniors decide to break into the Princeton Testing Center so they can steal the answers to their upcoming SAT tests and all get perfect scores.Six high school seniors decide to break into the Princeton Testing Center so they can steal the answers to their upcoming SAT tests and all get perfect scores.

  • Director
    • Brian Robbins
  • Writers
    • Marc Hyman
    • Jon Zack
    • Mark Schwahn
  • Stars
    • Scarlett Johansson
    • Erika Christensen
    • Chris Evans
  • See production info at IMDbPro
  • IMDb RATING
    5.7/10
    27K
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Brian Robbins
    • Writers
      • Marc Hyman
      • Jon Zack
      • Mark Schwahn
    • Stars
      • Scarlett Johansson
      • Erika Christensen
      • Chris Evans
    • 103User reviews
    • 56Critic reviews
    • 35Metascore
  • See production info at IMDbPro
    • Awards
      • 1 nomination total

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    Scarlett Johansson
    Scarlett Johansson
    • Francesca
    Erika Christensen
    Erika Christensen
    • Anna
    Chris Evans
    Chris Evans
    • Kyle
    Leonardo Nam
    Leonardo Nam
    • Roy
    Bryan Greenberg
    Bryan Greenberg
    • Matty Matthews
    Darius Miles
    Darius Miles
    • Desmond
    Tyra Ferrell
    Tyra Ferrell
    • Desmond's Mother
    Matthew Lillard
    Matthew Lillard
    • Larry
    Vanessa Angel
    Vanessa Angel
    • Anita Donlee
    Bill Mackenzie
    Bill Mackenzie
    • Lobby Guard
    Dan Zukovic
    Dan Zukovic
    • Mr. G
    Iris Quinn
    Iris Quinn
    • Kyle's Mother
    Lorena Gale
    Lorena Gale
    • Proctor
    Patricia Idlette
    • Receptionist
    Lynda Boyd
    Lynda Boyd
    • Anna's Mother
    Michael Ryan
    Michael Ryan
    • Anna's Father
    Robert Clarke
    Robert Clarke
    • Arnie Branch
    Serge Houde
    Serge Houde
    • Kurt Dooling
    • Director
      • Brian Robbins
    • Writers
      • Marc Hyman
      • Jon Zack
      • Mark Schwahn
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    User reviews103

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    7HulkVader

    Pleasantly surprised

    Perhaps it's because when one sees, "MTV Films", in the opening credits, one's expectations then hit rock bottom. It's as if MTV lulled me into a false sense of security, knowing the usual "depth" of their projects. However, I was pleasantly surprised by this little film. It doesn't hurt that I could watch Scarlett Johansson sitting on a couch doing nothing and I'd be enthralled for hours. At any rate, I found the film, though cliched, quite cute. Roy, the obvious comic relief, played his role very effectively, I laughed at him often. The other characters were of lesser involvement, but several stereotypical demographics were adequately represented: the brain, the jock, the average joe, the stoner, the angry rich girl, and the decent good guy. It truly was as if MTV was trying to create "The Breakfast Club", twenty years later, for a new generation. If they succeeded in that is debatable, but at least the made a decent, funny flick.
    5=G=

    Had its moments. Both of them.

    "The Perfect Score" aspires to be like a John Hughes film (Breakfast Club, Sixteen Candles, Ferris Bueller's Day Off, etc.) but falls short...way short. Telling of six High School seniors who, faced with having to take the SAT's, decide to steal the answers to the test's questions only to have epiphanies go off like flash bulbs as they just sort of realize that crime doesn't pay and careers don't either when one has cheat their way to the top. The result is an awkward and stiff dramedy fusion of cliches and stereotypes sorely lacking in the creativity, imagination, and inspiration which teen flick maestro Hughes brought to his hit films. Passable and forgettable stuff only a teen could love. Adults might want to check out the much more provocative TV flick "Cheaters 2000" instead. (C)
    9nikecjc

    A PG-13 Teen Movie...that works

    Those expecting cinematic events like the Godfather or Saving Private Ryan.

    Stop reading this.

    Those expecting crude teen humor films featuring underage drinking and nudity, such as Road Trip and Varsity Blues.

    Stop reading this.

    But those of you looking for a teen movie full of the typical adolescent hinjinx and cheap laughs.

    Start reading this.

    The Perfect Score won't light up the box office or have everyone waiting day after day for its release onto DVD.

    Instead, it's a movie targeted towards middle schoolers, high schoolers, and most college students.

    Typically good kids under rough circumstances, most of us who have taken the SATs remember the pain in the arse they were. Throw in two very attractive, and talented acting-capable, girls...two guys and a jock...and an Asian pothead quick with one liners...

    and you got a pretty solid movie.

    While the Perfect Score won't give you everything you want, I feel that it will make you just happy enough that you caught the showing.

    So if you're looking for a movie to sit back and relax too...and perhaps vicariously wonder if you could steal the answers to the SAT...check out the movie.

    I enjoyed it, and chances are if you kept on reading this post.

    You will too.
    7Rido25

    Cheating or not... as long as you pass that exam!

    Imagine, you failed your SAT test and your environment is pushing you so hard that you HAVE to pass for the retest. But, you're just not good enough. Or that the university you would like to go to requires a score that is way-beyond your capabilities.

    What would you do? And if you decide to cheat, would you keep it a secret or would you share it with some people? In this movie, the secret leaks out and more people get involved in the plan: to steal the answers.

    The diversity of characters in this movie often leads to funny situations or strange conversations.

    The movie itself is a little predictable, but it stays nice. I would say, 7 out of 10.
    7jappegood

    The perfect no-brainer

    Of course, this isn't great citizen kane style cinema, but this movie is fun to watch, especially if you are in the target demographic like me. This is a typical teen/college movie, minus the grossness of movies like American pie. If you liked "Better luck tomorrow" (also distributed by MTV films), then I think you will like this one. I have to say that "better luck tomorrow" was a much, much, better teen scam/heist movie, but this one rolls along merrily. The script isn't really well done, but it has a few good jokes, like "If they make it into a movie, I wonder who'll play me...I hope your hung like a horse." Scarlet Johansson is great, as always, even with this auto-pilot acting.(like in eight legged feaks, but tha's what I like about Scarlet. She switches from camp/kitch/crap to great movies without any difficulty) The movie is perfect for when you're way to stressed because of your exams at college, like me today.

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    • Trivia
      The first of seven films that Chris Evans and Scarlett Johansson star in together.
    • Goofs
      The cheat sheets the kids made only had the letter answers. The SAT uses many different forms with both a different order of questions and a different order of answers. So the cheat sheets would have been useless.
    • Quotes

      Roy: [going through SAT questions] You know, a lot of people would think these questions are difficult... not me.

      Desmond Rhodes: No?

      Roy: No. These questions all have answers.

    • Connections
      Featured in Brainwashed: Sex-Camera-Power (2022)
    • Soundtracks
      Everything
      by Fefe Dobson, Jason Levine and James McCollum

      Performed by Fefe Dobson

      Courtesy of The Island Def Jam Music Group

      Under license from Universal Music Enterprises

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    • Release date
      • January 30, 2004 (United States)
    • Countries of origin
      • United States
      • Germany
      • Canada
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • La marca perfecta
    • Filming locations
      • Chemistry Building, University of British Columbia, Robson Square Campus - 800 Robson Street, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
    • Production companies
      • Paramount Pictures
      • MTV Films
      • Spyglass Entertainment
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    Box office

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    • Budget
      • $40,000,000 (estimated)
    • Gross US & Canada
      • $10,391,003
    • Opening weekend US & Canada
      • $4,873,819
      • Feb 1, 2004
    • Gross worldwide
      • $10,898,337
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    Tech specs

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    • Runtime
      1 hour 33 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • DTS
      • Dolby Digital
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.85 : 1

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