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The S.A.T.’s must be much more difficult than I remember them. After all, how many kids would rather put all their effort into finding a way to steal the test vs. actually studying for it? Ah, logic is the bane of entertainment’s existence. If not for the admirable and fun performances of Leonardo Nam and Scarlett Johansson (“Lost in Translation”) this MTV production would rank in the bottom third of S.A.T. scores for intelligence and aptitude. The plot is fairly simple—a bunch of teens discover that the colleges of their dreams will elude them unless they score exceedingly well on the S.A.T. Some of them choked on the test while others just scrapped the bottom of the necessary scores. So they team up to figure out a way to break into the building where the exam answers are kept and steal them so they can cheat on the test. So cheating is O.K. but studying (because the test is biased and stacked against those who deserve to do better on them) isn’t. So much for living up to the values of our nation I suppose all's fair in commerce and this film is about doing business, not creating art. It’s an entertaining flick and about as memorable as a hot dog at a ballpark game. The film’s saving grace happens to be a very good cast and fidgety direction that prevents you from realizing how implausible this film really is. ---

No extra credit here. We get a brief standard “Making of” featurette that isn’t bad just pedestrian. As far as any other extras this is a pretty thin disc. Then again, the material doesn’t really demand a whole lot in the way of extras as it isn’t a special effects extravaganza nor is it a deep movie with a lot of historical references. We do get the theatrical trailer and, as with all Paramount releases, we get previews.