Summary
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.
Good for
- Friends night
- Party vibe
- Teens
Where to watch
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At a glance
Critics vs audiences
Audiences like it more than critics (+30)
Critics 25Audiences 55GoodWatch 40
Metascore35
Tomatometer15%
User score6.3
IMDb5.7
Letterboxd · 22 K ratings2.8/5
Audience score43%
Running time
1 h 33 min
A typical length for comedies, −7 min on the typical 100
typical 10093Half of all comedies run 91–111 min.
Reach
Streams in 3 countries, rent or buy in 63 more
Released
2004
January 30, 2004
22 years ago
Genres
ComedyCrimeLanguage
English
Original language
Made in
Germany- United States
Rated
- PG-13United States
Not for young kids: it's rated PG-13 in the United States for strong language, and the viewing guide lists it for teens and adults.
What's in it
- ViolenceLittle or none
- Gore, disturbing imagesLittle or none
- Frightening scenesLittle or none
- Sex, nudityLittle or none
- Dark themesLittle or none
- Strong languageNamed in the advisories
In white: what the content advisories name. Levels from the title analysis.
Viewing guide
AdultsFriends NightParty VibePublic Viewing SafeSolo WatchTeensBackground WatchDrop-in FriendlyPure EscapismNot listed for kids or family movie night.
and 27 more36 people
- Chris EvansKyle
- Bryan GreenbergMatty Matthews
- Scarlett JohanssonFrancesca Curtis
- Erika ChristensenAnna Ross
- Darius MilesDesmond
- Leonardo NamRoy
- Matthew LillardLarry
- Tyra FerrellDesmond's Mother
Vanessa AngelAnita Donlee
Bill MackenzieLobby Guard
Dan ZukovicMr. G
Iris QuinnKyle's Mother
Lorena GaleProctor
Paul CampbellGuy in Truck (uncredited)
Lynda BoydAnna's Mother
Patricia IdletteReceptionist
Serge HoudeKurt Dooling
Kyle LabineDave
Alf HumphreysTom
Fulvio CecereFrancesca's Father
Jay BrazeauTest Instructor
Michael RyanAnna's Father
Robert ClarkeArnie Branch
Dee Jay JacksonETS Lobby Guard
Directing · 1
- Brian Robbins Director, Producer
Writing · 3
- Marc Hyman Screenplay, Writer
- Jon Zack Writer, Screenplay
- Mark Schwahn Screenplay
Production · 7
- Donald J. Lee Jr. Executive Producer
- Michael Tollin Producer
- Roger Birnbaum Producer
- Jonathan Glickman Producer
- Cathy Sandrich Gelfond Casting
- Amanda Mackey Casting
Camera · 1
- Clark Mathis Director of Photography
Editing · 1
- Ned Bastille Editor
Sound · 1
- John Murphy Original Music Composer
Art · 3
- Jaymes Hinkle Production Design
- Johanne Hubert Set Decoration
- Sandi Tanaka Art Direction
Costume & Make-Up · 4
- Melissa Toth Costume Design
- Victoria Down Makeup Artist
- Rebeccah Delchambre Makeup Artist
- Sarah Koppes Hairstylist
Other crew · 2
- J.J. Makaro Stunt Coordinator
- Leslie McMichael Stunt Double
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