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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.

Critics Reviews

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Emanuel Levy EmanuelLevy.Com 08/17/2005
2/5
David Nusair Reel Film Reviews 10/02/2002
3/4
...Cheaters is more than just movie-of-the-week fodder. Go to Full Review Scott Von Doviak culturevulture.net 09/10/2001
Pulls the clichs of the inspirational teacher movie straight through the looking glass. Go to Full Review Read all reviews

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01/15/2014 More than what I expected it to be, and while it's never outstanding, the themes certainly shine through at all the right moments. See more 02/25/2012 perfectly done. casting was fantastic Jena Malone is hot as ever. and Jeff Daniels is hilarious. you cant go wrong with this movie See more 07/14/2011 Une très très bonne surprise, loin du teen-movie gentillet que l'affiche laisse prà (C)sager. See more 05/15/2011 perfectly done. casting was fantastic Jena Malone is hot as ever. and Jeff Daniels is hilarious. you cant go wrong with this movie See more Felix M 01/24/2011 Ha a ton of potential plotwise, but the fictionalization of too many elements abd romanticizing of a pretty crappy act made this disappointing. See more 01/22/2011 Dead Poets Society for cynics. See more Read all reviews
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Cast & Crew

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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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Movie Info

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
Home Box Office (HBO), Nitelite Entertainment, De Passe Entertainment
Rating
TV-14, R
Genre
Drama
Original Language
English
Release Date (DVD)
Feb 12, 2002
Runtime
1h 46m