The Perfect Score (Widescreen Edition)
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Movie Reviews of The Perfect Score (Widescreen Edition)
Movie Review: Perfectly good movie.
Summary: 4 Stars
I'm glad I didn't listen to any negative comments about this movie. It's not that The Perfect Score is the best movie ever, but it makes for an entertaining hour and a half or so. It reminded me of a combination of the movies Dead Man on Campus (another fun, fun movie that I'd absolutely recommend), a little bit of Breakfast Club and a little bit of Sixteen Candles as the Asian kid reminded me a lot of Long Duck Dong. If you liked any of the movies I just mentioned, then you should give The Perfect Score a chance. If you've read about the plot and it sounds up your alley, give this movie a try. It's only $5.50 at Wal-Mart right now and you can't beat a price like that on something you'll likely watch over and over again. Not an A+ but certainly a solid B to B+ from me. Happy viewing!Movie Review: Wow, This Was Better Than Expected
Summary: 4 Stars
Though I like to blame MTV for the degredation of society, this film put out by the media moguls is a hit. Much better than ever anticipated. Why can't the American Pie series put out true comedy like this? Instead they crap out total steriotypes why this movie, which is genuinely good, gets left in the dust. The performances were good enough for the script. Rent it, you will be pleasantly surprised!Movie Review: Much better than some reviewers credit it. We actually enjoyed it a lot.
Summary: 4 Stars
The Perfect Score isn't the smartest film around. Nor is it the dumbest. On a bell curve, it would be graded slightly above average.
To be perfectly honest, my wife and I liked The Perfect Score better than the other, far more highly rated, Scarlett Johansson movie Ghost World. Now, *that* movie was a steaming pile. Yet, it's considered quite good by critics and viewers alike. Go figure.
The Perfect Score is a more entertaining movie than Ghost World. The ensemble cast offers enough humor to keep the plot moving and the movie interesting. No, it's not the The Breakfast Club. But, frankly, The Breakfast Club isn't The Breakfast Club the way most of us remember it, anyway. That movie doesn't really hold up some 20 years on and, in fact, looks about as goofy as The Perfect Score in plot and execution. Actually, there were a few moments of genuine hilarity and near brilliance in The Perfect Score.
Scarlett sizzles as usual. She's a hottie with a lot of talent -- quite a rarity in Hollywood these days, where hotties rule whether they're talented or not.
But the other actors turned in nice performances, too.
I disagree with the Amazon editorial reviewer who wrote, "Still, only [Leonardo] Nam and Johansson (who, after Ghost World, Lost in Translation, and Girl with a Pearl Earring, is becoming a true movie star) stand out of the bland pack."
We thought the acting was pretty good from all performers, even NBA player Darius Miles who was wooden and somewhat disengaged, but no more so than Keanu Reeves -- and look where Reeves is these days: an A-list powerhouse.
The plot is thin. The entire movie is fluff. But it's well-made, entertaining fluff. In Scarlett's canon of movies, I'd rank this one ahead of a few others. It's worth watching and, I think, will keep you at least chuckling to the end.
Recommended.
Movie Review: funny
Summary: 4 Stars
I think this movie is great! The plot to steal the SATs is kinda insane, but it's funny, they all end up being friends/more than friends in the end and there are cute guys. what more could a girl ask for in a teen movie??Movie Review: Far From Perfect
Summary: 2 Stars
Apparently the producers of this mess started with a weak screenplay for a genre bridging "teen drama" and "big-time heist" picture. That they actually got a green-light for the project is amazing because the serious scenes manage to be hopelessly lame while falling short of being camp. As the director began to actually visualize the product he panicked (with good reason) and began to add every hook he could to lure viewers (insert basketball star Darius Miles as a ......."basketball star") including comedy and sexploitation. Which was probably a good thing but is so poorly integrated into the story line that its commercial purpose is obvious. Had they gone the full teen comedy route and made the serious scenes slightly more moronic they might have had a fairly entertaining satire of both genres.
Leonardo Nam was added to the cast for comic relief. He plays an Asian version of "Fast Times at Ridgemont High's" Jeff Spacoli. But you have to watch his character closely because there is a lot of subtle physical humor going on that apparently escaped the notice of the director, who failed to emphasize it with close reaction shots-but it is there if you look closely at him in the wide shots.
The obvious comparison is with "Catch That Kid", to which "The Perfect Score" finishes a poor second. While that movie had an even less credible premise, the younger actors in it had a lot more charm than this group of overage teenagers.
Sexploitation note: The sexploitation is confined to the Scarlett Johansson character who does a nice reprise of a "Matrix" scene along with a few other more subtle but enjoyable bits. Johansson actually made this movie just before she started work on "Lost in Translation" which helps explain why she consented to appear in this bomb. She gets to play a rather intimidating character which was probably fun. Fans of Erika Christensen will find nothing here other than puzzlement that she could look this drab and de-tuned.
Then again, what do I know? I'm only a child.