By JUDITH MCDANIEL

News Editor

This movie did have a point, revealed near the end of its 100-minute running time.

However, it was still pointless.

First, character personality must be set up. Chris Evans stars as Kyle, the All-American Hero, whose morals are put to the test when he finds himself lacking in academic skills.

Following him is Little Miss Perfection-With-A-Problem, Anna (Erika Christensen), who is Kyle's automatic love interest. Kyle's best friend Matty (Bryan Greenberg) is the irresponsible goof-off with a reckless streak and brainless courage.

Scarlett Johannson plays Francesca, the promiscuous rich chick who is emotionless on how people perceive her; pothead Roy (Leonardo Nam) narrates the movie and Desmond (Darius Miles) is the jock with a problem in verbal skills.

Now it is time to set the scene. Kyle needs a high SAT score to get into his prestigious architect school. Matty needs a better score to be at the same college as his girlfriend. The entire group needs help because of either problems with parents or lofty goals of attending a prominent university.

The solution? Hey, maybe stealing the SAT answers would work.

Therefore, after a failed attempt and a successful hacking job, the answers are theirs, though not without an arrest, two hook-ups and discovery of the true meaning of happiness in the eyes of six high school seniors.

Now for the point: Pleasing others is not important. Pleasing yourself is.

The point of the movie fits society's standards of pleasing oneself first.

The gravity of the situation made Kyle, an ethical, honest person do a complete 180-degree turn and decide to cheat and steal to get what he wanted: to please himself. Anna metamorphosed from salutatorian beauty to undaunted wild child without caring what anyone but Kyle thought of her.

The other two main characters changed for the better.

Matty was not an upstanding citizen to begin with, but his character changed toward the end of the movie when he started to realize that he was not the only one in the world. Francesca found in order to receive love, she had to open herself and bare her emotions.

Desmond and Roy, while being mainly comic relief from the thievery by interacting with each other, found themselves closer friends by the end of the movie and more alike than they first realized.

This movie had its ups and downs and was spotted with humor, romance and, naturally, crime.

Audiences will not feel stupid leaving this movie, but they may while watching it. It held no magnificent meaning, no hidden wisdom audiences will feel enlightened by.

It is simply an hour and a half of simple entertainment with no strings attached to your brain.