Rotten
Lively and fun in places, but overall it has a listless, tepid feel.
Stephanie Zacharek, Salon.com
The Perfect Score
The S.A.T is hard to take. It's even harder to steal.
2004 · 1h 33m · PG-13
Comedy, Crime
Directed by
Brian Robbins
Overview
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 and cast
- Brian Robbins Director
- Chris Evans as Kyle
- Bryan Greenberg as Matty Matthews
- Scarlett Johansson as Francesca Curtis
- Erika Christensen as Anna Ross
- Darius Miles as Desmond
- Leonardo Nam as Roy
- Matthew Lillard as Larry
- Tyra Ferrell as Desmond's Mother
- Vanessa Angel as Anita Donlee
- Bill Mackenzie as Lobby Guard
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
15%
Tomatometer
Rotten
Next time, director Robbins and his screenwriters should spend a few hours inside a real high school rather than re-hashing stock stereotypes from bad '80s movies.
James Berardinelli, ReelViews
Rotten
Talks a pretty good game, but in the end the numbers just don't add up to much.
Michael O'Sullivan, Washington Post
Rotten
A bizarre mismatch of The Breakfast Club and Mission: Impossible.
Desson Thomson, Washington Post
Rotten
Is there not something just plain wrong with a movie about cheating on exams that's less fun than taking one?
Geoff Pevere, Toronto Star
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