How to Ace Your SAT Test with ‘The Perfect Score’ Movie
ABC Film Challenge – Comedy – P
Director: Brian Robbins
Writer: Mark Schwahn, Marc Hyman, Jon Zack (Screenplay)
Writer: Marc Hyman, Jon Zack (Story)
Cast
- Erika Christensen (Kimi)
- Chris Evans (Fantastic Four)
- Bryan Greenberg (You People)
- Scarlet Johansson (Jojo Rabbit)
- Darius Miles (Van Wilder)
Plot: 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.
Runtime: 1 Hour 33 Minutes
There may be spoilers in the rest of the review
Story: The Perfect Score starts when Kyle (Evans) finds his dream college in doubt when he struggles on his SAT test. He teams up with his best friend Matthy (Greenberg) to find a solution. The pair turn to the daughter of the building owner Francesca (Johansson) to break in and steal the tests.
As the team comes together, they are joined by stoner Roy (Nam), aspiring basketball star Desmond (Miles) and Ivy League student Anna (Christensen). Now the six come together with a plan to break in and steal the test results to get their dream colleges.
Verdict on The Perfect Score
The Perfect Score is a comedy heist movie following six high school students who are struggling to get into their desired colleges due to their SAT scores. They team up to steal the answers, in an elaborate heist which could save their futures. However, the risk is worth it to them or more about going against the testing system in the high schools.
This is a movie that brings the heist movie to life for a younger group. It shows the challenges being faced by high school students battling it at a certain college. This gets to show the flaws in the system in that a test puts everyone into a bracket, rather than understanding the best way to learn. Away from that side of the story, we get the generic high school students coming together Breakfast Club style.
The cast is the most interesting here. An early couple of roles for future Avengers Chris Evans and Scarlet Johannson. It all fits the era and has a message about the struggles high school students faced.
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Final Thoughts – The Perfect Score is an enjoyable high school heist comedy.
