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The Perfect Score

2004 · 93 min

A breezy, good-natured teen caper that mixes light suspense with earnest life lessons, easy to watch and forgettable.

Directed by
Brian Robbins
Genres
Comedy, Crime
Tagline
The S.A.T is hard to take. It's even harder to steal.
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.

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Directed by
Brian Robbins
Genres
Comedy, Crime
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Tone
  • lightstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • whimsicalstrength 1 of 3
  • satiricalstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
brisk, 3 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • coming-of-age
  • education
  • friendship
  • identity
  • rebellion
Places
  • school
  • suburbs
  • workplace
Era
contemporary
Audience
teen
Form
  • ensemble
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence none
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action3
Horror0
Humour6
Realism7
Romance4
Tension4
Darkness2
Complexity3
Emotional weight4

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Genres
comedy, crime
Directed by
Brian Robbins
Written by
Jon Zack, Marc Hyman, Mark Schwahn
Starring
Chris Evans, Bryan Greenberg, Scarlett Johansson, Erika Christensen, Darius Miles, Leonardo Nam, Matthew Lillard, Tyra Ferrell
Music
John Murphy
Cinematography
Clark Mathis
Runtime
93 min
Country
Germany, United States of America
Languages
English

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