'PERFECT SCORE' NEARLY FAILS SCREEN TEST.(Entertainment/Weekend/Spotlight)(Review)

From: Rocky Mountain News (Denver, CO) | Date: January 30, 2004| Author: | Copyright information

Byline: Robert Denerstein, Rocky Mountain News

Most Americans who have attended college or aspire to attend college have grappled with the tyranny of the SAT test. Though probably extreme in their views, certain ultra-ambitious types may even regard a messed-up SAT score as a one-way ticket to life behind a fast-food counter.

The teen comedy/heist movie Perfect Score attempts to play on teen fears about the importance of the SATs, building a caper movie around the plan of six enterprising students to steal answers to the test.

Moral issues aside, the filmmakers never ...

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