"The Perfect Score" tells the story of six very different high school teens who, frustrated with the SAT's, decide to break into where the answers are kept, and steal them. Naturally, as the film progresses, in typical Teen-Movie tradition, the kids all realise things about themselves and the others that they never knew.
The six teens are perhaps the most boring group of characters ever assembled for a Teen Movie. Hottie Chris Evans is great as usual, and his character, Kyle, is about the only one that you can sympathise with. Scarlet Johansson cannot save her character, Francesca, from being unlikeable. Erika Christensen is good, but her character Anna is about as boring as stale bread. Bryan Greenberg is a great actor, and his character Matty is likable and sometimes funny, but mostly stupid. Darius Miles should have a few more acting lessons as he was as bland as oatmeal, and Leonardo Nam should not be allowed to act, or narrate, ever again. Their characters of Desmond and Roy were also hardly interesting at all. Matthew Lillard has a small role as Larry, the brother of Kyle, but one wishes that he didn't have, as he was simply awful. On the plus side though, Tyra Ferrell was fantastic as Desmond's mother - only she didn't get enough screen time.
"The Perfect Score" wasn't all that bad though. There were some nice moments from Evans and Christensen, as well as being very moralistic, it just might have been better with more interesting and likable characters. So while it may not get the perfect score, it's not the worst way to spend 80-odd minutes.
The six teens are perhaps the most boring group of characters ever assembled for a Teen Movie. Hottie Chris Evans is great as usual, and his character, Kyle, is about the only one that you can sympathise with. Scarlet Johansson cannot save her character, Francesca, from being unlikeable. Erika Christensen is good, but her character Anna is about as boring as stale bread. Bryan Greenberg is a great actor, and his character Matty is likable and sometimes funny, but mostly stupid. Darius Miles should have a few more acting lessons as he was as bland as oatmeal, and Leonardo Nam should not be allowed to act, or narrate, ever again. Their characters of Desmond and Roy were also hardly interesting at all. Matthew Lillard has a small role as Larry, the brother of Kyle, but one wishes that he didn't have, as he was simply awful. On the plus side though, Tyra Ferrell was fantastic as Desmond's mother - only she didn't get enough screen time.
"The Perfect Score" wasn't all that bad though. There were some nice moments from Evans and Christensen, as well as being very moralistic, it just might have been better with more interesting and likable characters. So while it may not get the perfect score, it's not the worst way to spend 80-odd minutes.