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Perfect Score, The

This MTV Films production references The
Breakfast Club
about midway through, and the movie’s few good moments echo the spirit of existential, youthful rebellion captured by that 1985 minor classic. This time students from varying high school cliques come together to steal the answers to the upcoming SAT exam. If you can look past the dated elements – including a Matrix spoof – at least the teen angst feels real. With Scarlett Johansson and Erika Christensen.

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