The Perfect Score (Widescreen Edition)
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Movie Reviews of The Perfect Score (Widescreen Edition)
Movie Review: Excellent Rental but Not Worth the Purchase
Summary: 4 Stars
The Perfect Score is an awesome movie! I found the plot very interesting along with the well thought out variety of characters. It is easy to connect to a particular character right off the bat (let's hope its not the stoner), which provides for some personal enjoyment while watching. This is the type of movie that starts off strong by catching your interest quickly and continues to throw out puzzling dilemas while the characters are attempting the theft of the SAT scores. I thought this movie was hilarious and offered several themes, yet I think it deserves to stick at a rental store instead of in your movie collection. It seems to be a great one-time-viewing-pleasure type of movie. Thus, be sure to check out The Perfect Score some way or another and enjoy!Movie Review: Could stealing the SAT be easier than taking the SAT?
Summary: 4 Stars
No, I do not remember my SAT score, but I have taught enough high school students terrorized by the thought of how a four digit number could totally ruin their lives (i.e., deny them the college of their dreams) to realize that this is a tender subject. Which is why it is nice to report that "The Perfect Score" does take things seriously at the same time it is having fun with the paranoia. I might not be able to answer any of the SAT questions that pop up during the movie, but I do know that the screenplay by Mark Schwahn (creator of "One Tree Hill"), Marc Hyman ("Osmosis Jones") and Jon Zack ("Out Cold") is a lot better than I would have thought for a movie like this 2004 comedy.The story takes place in Princeton, New Jersey which is, oddly enough, where you find the Princeton Testing Center that is the home of the SAT exam (SAT stood for Scholastic Aptitude Test but one of the running gags in this film is the effort to come up with a more appropriate meaning to the anagram). The first SAT exam of the year has come and gone and Kyle (Chris Evans) discovers his score is too low to get him into Cornell and Anna (Erika Christensen) can apparently forget about her parents' dream of Brown. The next exam is in two weeks and since getting smarter in a fortnight is not likely, stealing the exam sounds like a good idea. Kyle's friend Matty (Bryan Greenberg), already bound for Maryland, is willing to help and they approach Francesca (Scarlett Johansson), whose daddy happens to run PTC and can provide a way in. The final members of the group are Desmond (Darius Miles), a basketball star whose mom wants him to go to college, and Roy (Leonardo Nam), a stoner who is involved only because he knows about what is going on.
Now, in the real world stealing one SAT exam does not do you any good because there are several versions, so the person sitting next to you can have different questions or the questions are in a different order (or both). But that is besides the point in "The Perfect Score" and I ended up liking this movie a lot more than I thought I would for three reasons. The first I cannot tell you about because it would spoil the movie, but it has to do with an interesting twist on expectations. The second is the character of Desmond's mother (Tyra Ferrell), who has an impact on more than just her son. This film plays a lot with the stereotypes, from class brain to dumb jock to stoner, and I like the way Desmond's mother fits into that mold as well. The third is that this film comes up with a really, really great line about why not to be scared about the questions on the SAT, spoken, of course, by the most ironic character in the mix.
"The Perfect Score" is an enjoyable little caper comedy that certainly exceeds expectations, which is not a bad recommendation given most teen comedies today. The characters manage to avoid being stupid, a standard pitfall in the genre, although I suspect there are those who will be disappointed with the way things get resolved at the end. I also think it was nice that if Scarlett Johansson could not get an Oscar nomination for either "Lost in Translation" or "Girl With a PEarl Earring" then at least she got to do a decent "Matrix" takeoff in this film. Plus it was interesting to see Darius Miles who went to the pros instead of attending St. Johns University play a character who does the opposite, although it is ironic to see Mike Jarvis play himself since he had been fired from the St. Johns post by the time "The Perfect Score" was released.
Movie Review: John Hughs for the 21rst century
Summary: 4 Stars
Pefect Score is a fun movie, much better than I expected. The typical high school characters are here, pot smoker, preppy girl ,jock etc... The movie is mostly funny, with enjoyable acting (not good acting) It's a pleasure to see Johansson in something not so serious.Movie Review: A Great Movie
Summary: 5 Stars
Although there were a few flaws this was a great movie. It was very funny and I highly recomend it.Movie Review: Bland, Bland Movie...MTV, of Course...
Summary: 1 Stars
Every once in a while, MTV decides it hasn't made enough money playing hip hop and pop videos all day so it will release a movie in an attempt to make a few more dollars. I guess they just take whatever script that their sucker audience will laugh at, not matter how recycled and unoriginal it is. This movie is about some kids who want to steal some S.A.T. answers and pass the test. Of course, they are all stereotypes: the jock, the punk, the rich girl, and so on, but MTV just had to use the stoner. THEY HAD TO USE THE STONER. How many times has that been done? Yeah, the stoner's the comic relief, but be f*cking original. That was done over twenty years ago with "Cheech & Chong". There wasn't really anything to laugh about at all and I am ashamed my friends enjoyed it. I couldn't believe it really; don't they realize they've seen this before? I sure as hell do. And I suggest that if you have any musical taste, you don't listen to anything that gets heavy play on MTV, either.BOYCOTT MTV: FOR MUSIC'S SAKE