bombersflyup Cheaters is a reasonable to good film that never really threatens to be anything more than that, as its characters have no depth and at times it can be quite amateurish. It has an interesting story and is an engaging film however.It's basically "Cool Runnings" all over again :). Jena Malone and Jeff Daniels are good, but the rest of the cast is pretty weak. Apart from the poor characters, my biggest problem with the film is how obvious they made it that they were cheating. Going from winning none of the awards to winning every single one.

michelle_1156 Oh my goodness, it's surprising how people totally ignorant of that situation and even the movie itself still take the time to comment. Whitney Young is no private school- it's a public school on the southwest side of Chicago that doesn't get nearly enough funding with kids that are just as poor as the 'rebels' from Steinmetz- and Steinmetz was no pseudo-Gandhi, just a bitter team that didn't dedicate the hours or resources needed to win.What occurred wasn't some glorious 'civil disobedience,' it was a group of kids who wanted to win the competition against a school who worked harder and did more. Puh-lease, this movie is an ill-fated attempt to be 'edgy' and skew morality for it's stupider viewers. There were no life-lessons involved, just a bunch of cheaters.

redman_11 I found this movie really enlightening. In fact, I am currently perticipating in this competition at this very moment, regionals are tomorrow. In, regards to the previous commenter, actually the "private" school in the movie is actually a public school. In fact it's probably the best school in the state public/private it's Whitney Young High School and their basically elite, they win the competition every year hands down, and the other school, Steinmetz, it's not right how they auotmatically assumed that the cheated, but they have good reason. It's sad to say but it's not a good school in the first place academically or socially, plus you wouldn't expect a school that barely passed regionals to go on to win the city.P.S. If your wondering, when they were announcing the winners and stuff, my schools was the second most named school behing Whitney young :) I hope we do as well this year but I doubt it because we don't even have 9 members.

Mr_Sensitive This is a good film and I really like it. I really don't know why, but I'm keep on watching it. It's fun, yet it only just about cheating in the competition. But they have cheated because the people and their surrounding have pressurized them. Jeff Daniels as the teacher have to make a decision if he would allowed his student to cheat, he himself was pressurize by the fellow teachers and his mother saying he was up to nothing unlike his brother. Even after hard work they still fail. Of-course one would be disappointed. And when the chances come why not grab it. I would have cheated myself at least it would provoke the spirit of the team. After all the movie did bring out all the things it needed. And it seem people really like the movie.I do.Max: B+