Summaries

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.

Six teenagers from diverse backgrounds - among them the school's star basketball player - conspire to break into a SAT testing center to steal the answers in hope of acing their exam. They ultimately realize that the answer to their problems and the key to their happiness may not lie in achieving a perfect score.—maria

All-round good boy Kyle's only obstacle to realizing his dream, studying architecture at Cornell, is his average SAT exam score. For best buddy Matty Matthews, getting into college is his hope to be reunited with dream girl Sandy. They realize haughty brat Francesca Curtis, owner of the Princeton building where ETS makes the SAT test, can provide them security codes so stealing the SAT results before the make-ups becomes an option. Charming Kyle talks her into it, but also enlists their senior high school near-valedictorian Anna Ross, whose Brown ambition is imposed by bossy parents. She brings along basketball dumbo Desmond Rhodes. Realizing their planning was overheard in the school toilet by marijuana addict Roy, the buddies take him on board and find he's actually a natural genius without any ambition. Kyle nearly pulls off a first plan with luck, but blows it. His second plan is better, and the team improvises just enough to get the scores with one major sacrifice. But in the process, their states of mind change decisively.—KGF Vissers

Details

Keywords
  • heist
  • best friend
  • security camera
  • asian american
  • basketball player
Genres
  • Comedy
  • Crime
  • Drama
Release date Jan 29, 2004
Motion Picture Rating (MPA) PG-13
Countries of origin United States Canada Germany
Language English
Filming locations Chemistry Building, University of British Columbia, Robson Square Campus - 800 Robson Street, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Production companies Paramount Pictures Spyglass Entertainment MTV Films

Box office

Budget $40000000
Gross US & Canada $10391003
Opening weekend US & Canada $4873819
Gross worldwide $10898337

Tech specs

Runtime 1h 33m
Color Color
Sound mix DTS Dolby Digital
Aspect ratio 1.85 : 1

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