Cheats (film)

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Cheats
Directed by	Andrew Gurland
Produced by	Chris Bender, J.C. Spink, A. J. Dix
Written by	Andrew Gurland
Starring	Martin Starr Matthew Lawrence Trevor Fehrman Elden Henson Mary Tyler Moore
Music by	Mark Mothersbaugh
Distributed by	New Line Cinema
Running time	86 min.
Country	USA
Language	English
IMDb profile

Cheats is a 2002 dark comedy about four friends that have been cheating their way through high school, and have to face new challenges to avoid getting caught before going to college.Stars Trevor Fehrman, Matthew Lawrence, and Mary Tyler Moore.

1 Plot Summary
2 Main Cast
3 Trivia
4 External links

[edit] Plot Summary

While other kids at the elite North Point Academy spent countless hours studying, Handsome Davis sees it as nothing more than a system of control over your mind. That's why Handsome and his three best friends Sammy, Victor and the cribsheet genius Applebee have banded together and found ways to cheat on their tests all through their school years. Everything had been going along smoothly until the gang entered their final year of high school and the stakes were upped by the school's principal, Mrs. Stark. If they get caught cheating again Stark will make a note in their permanent records and possibly kill their chances of getting into college. But can Handsome convince his pals to pull off one last, great cheat with him and outsmarting Stark and the system, even if it means possibly destroying their friendships?

[edit] Main Cast

Trevor Fehrman as Handsome Davis
Elden Henson as Sammy Green
Martin Starr as Applebee
Matthew Lawrence as Victor Barone
Mary Tyler Moore as Mrs. Stark, Principal North Point Academy
Maggie Lawson as Julie Merkel
Babs Chula as Mrs. Rosengarden ( as Babz Chula)
David Krumholtz as Evan Rosengarden
Dixon Cohee as Greedy Herman
Griffin Dunne as Mr. Davis, Handsome's Father
Kathryn Anderson as 2nd Grade Teacher
Brett Kelly as Young Sammy
Casey Dubois as Handsome (2nd Grade / Kindergarten)
Leonie Haworth as Julie (2nd Grade)

[edit] Trivia

The real Applebee refused to take part in the documentary based on the actual Cheats, and as such his name had to be censored whenever used.
Many of the events in the story actually happened. Even the scene in which Handsome starts bashing the lockers and ripping off his shirt when Harkin accuses him and his friends of cheating on the test.
The original name of the movie was Cheaters but was thought to be confused with the movie Cheaters starring Jeff Daniels