Title: The Perfect Score
Director: Brian Robbins
Novelization of Movie by: David Levithan
Starring: Chris Evans, Ericka Christensen, and Scarlett Johansson
ISBN: 0-7921-8912-4
Rating: PG13
Suitable for Ages: Some Material Not Appropriate for Children Under 13
Production Company: Paramount Pictures/MTV
Media Type: DVD
Copyright: 2004
Genre: Comedy
Reader's Annotation: Their futures depend on high SAT scores. Their lives depend on not getting caught.
Plot Summary: Kyle, a high school senior has big dreams of going to a prestigious college to study architecture. When his SATs scores are too low he plots to steal the answer key from the regional testing administrator's office. Slowly, his plan gets out to others and eventually it results in a group of unsuspecting teenagers who team up to accomplish this task. Each teen has a different reason for his or her involvement and each plays an integral role in the heist.
Evaluation: (C) While the story was interesting and suspenseful, the plot line was unrealistic. The characters were diverse and believable, however, and helped to interject believability into the story. Each character played a role indicative of a stereotypical student in any high school. For example, there was a jock who floated through high school based on his sports talent rather than his academic ability, a likeable straight A student girl who was also the school photographer, and a slacker kid who wasted his time getting high, to name a few. It was the humor in this movie that offered appeal rather than the unconvincing plot.
Plot Summary: Kyle, a high school senior has big dreams of going to a prestigious college to study architecture. When his SATs scores are too low he plots to steal the answer key from the regional testing administrator's office. Slowly, his plan gets out to others and eventually it results in a group of unsuspecting teenagers who team up to accomplish this task. Each teen has a different reason for his or her involvement and each plays an integral role in the heist.
Evaluation: (C) While the story was interesting and suspenseful, the plot line was unrealistic. The characters were diverse and believable, however, and helped to interject believability into the story. Each character played a role indicative of a stereotypical student in any high school. For example, there was a jock who floated through high school based on his sports talent rather than his academic ability, a likeable straight A student girl who was also the school photographer, and a slacker kid who wasted his time getting high, to name a few. It was the humor in this movie that offered appeal rather than the unconvincing plot.
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