Cheaters

TV-14

2000

1h 46m

Drama

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80%

Tomatometer

5 Reviews

60%

Audience Score

500+ Ratings

Dr. Gerard Plecki (Jeff Daniels) is an English teacher at the rundown Steinmetz High School in Chicago. When Plecki accepts the school's offer to become the Academic Decathlon coach, he must fight the rampant apathy and find diligent students to compete. One of these students, Jolie Fitch (Jena Malone), works with Plecki to recruit intelligent kids -- clearly an elusive bunch. Once the team qualifies for state competition, they face a golden opportunity to cheat their way to success.

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Nell Minow

Movie Mom

Rated: 4/5

Apr 8, 2004

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Emanuel Levy

EmanuelLevy.Com

Rated: 2/5

Aug 17, 2005

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Michael Szymanski

Zap2it.com

Rated: 3/5

Jun 1, 2005

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David Nusair

Reel Film Reviews

...Cheaters is more than just movie-of-the-week fodder.

Rated: 3/4

Oct 2, 2002

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Scott Von Doviak

culturevulture.net

Pulls the clichs of the inspirational teacher movie straight through the looking glass.

Sep 10, 2001

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Audience Member

More than what I expected it to be, and while it's never outstanding, the themes certainly shine through at all the right moments.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

02/26/23

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Audience Member

perfectly done. casting was fantastic Jena Malone is hot as ever. and Jeff Daniels is hilarious. you cant go wrong with this movie

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

02/08/23

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Audience Member

Une trÃ¨s trÃ¨s bonne surprise, loin du teen-movie gentillet que l'affiche laisse prÃ (C)sager.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

02/08/23

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Audience Member

perfectly done. casting was fantastic Jena Malone is hot as ever. and Jeff Daniels is hilarious. you cant go wrong with this movie

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

02/12/23

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Felix M

Ha a ton of potential plotwise, but the fictionalization of too many elements abd romanticizing of a pretty crappy act made this disappointing.

Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars

01/24/11

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Audience Member

Dead Poets Society for cynics.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

01/31/23

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John Stockwell

Director

Jeff Daniels

Dr. Gerard Plecki

Jena Malone

Jolie Fitch

Paul Sorvino

Constantine Kiamos

Dov Tiefenbach

Irwin Flickas

Luke Edwards

Darius Bettus

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Synopsis

Dr. Gerard Plecki (Jeff Daniels) is an English teacher at the rundown Steinmetz High School in Chicago. When Plecki accepts the school's offer to become the Academic Decathlon coach, he must fight the rampant apathy and find diligent students to compete. One of these students, Jolie Fitch (Jena Malone), works with Plecki to recruit intelligent kids -- clearly an elusive bunch. Once the team qualifies for state competition, they face a golden opportunity to cheat their way to success.

Director: John Stockwell
Producer: Kevin Reidy, Gloria Jean Sykes
Screenwriter: John Stockwell
Production Co: Nitelite Entertainment, Home Box Office (HBO), De Passe Entertainment
Rating: TV-14, R
Genre: Drama
Original Language: English
Release Date (DVD): Feb 12, 2002
Runtime: 1h 46m