David Krumholtz, Elden Henson, Griffin Dunne

Four high school friends use their various skills to create a crack team of academic cheaters in Cheats: Handsome (Trevor Fehrman), the ringleader who finds a way to squirrel out of anything;...( read more  read more... ) Sammy (Elden Henson), his childhood cohort, who's starting to wonder if honest effort might be more rewarding than cheating; Victor (Matthew Lawrence), an up-and-coming thug with good looks; and Applebee (Martin Starr), who writes the smallest and most precise crib notes of all time. They've held it together until their senior year, when their conflicting morals create rifts that threaten their solidarity. Cheats wants to be a combination of a classic heist flick and a celebration of the outsider, like Rushmore; unfortunately, everything about the movie feels false, from its depiction of the high school hierarchy to the implausible schemes. Also featuring Mary Tyler Moore as the school principal. --Bret Fetzer

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PG-13, 86 min.

Directed by: Andrew Gurland

Release Date: January 1, 2002

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DVD Release Date: March 18, 2003

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  • March 15, 2009
    This wasn't good at all it wasn't funny it's just an average American teen movie that is inspired by a true story of people wanting to cheat.
  • December 18, 2008
    really wana see this
  • November 13, 2008
    Review will be written when/if re-watched (Probability: Zero).

    First viewing: 10.04.2003
  • October 26, 2008
    is there a way i can see it??
  • October 18, 2008
    a really great movie to watch the screenplay was great and uuhhhhhhh!!!!!! everything was just perfect in this movie
  • September 6, 2008
    A perfectly paced dark comedy that succeeds thanks to its smart execution of the heist and a great ensemble cast.
  • July 8, 2008
    i love this movie!!
    When i watch it, i finally found someone who's like me. It's like this movie is made especially to show me that they are ppl out there that have the same interest as me. Hahhaha.. But that was a few years back. I dont cheat anymore, it gets boring.
  • June 25, 2008
    cool it reminds me when iall my friends in the school were cheating
  • March 25, 2008
    good idea but poor execution. This movie had potential of being a great film but missed out on alot of things from direction, dialogue, cast & cast chemistry

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  • carmelabm
    March 24, 2009
    This film has a great soundtrack. =)

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