HBO funded a made-for-TV movie a few years back called Cheaters which looks and sounds like a teen movie (in fact I think a teen movie called Cheaters came out a few years ago from MTV... it looked crappy), but it's really a great study in the morality of cheating.It's the true story of the Steinmetz Academic Decathlon team who cheated-- but no one had proof of it other than that they shouldn't have done as well as they did. They have to decide whether to keep lying or tell the truth and face what's coming to them.
Jeff Daniels and Jena Malone do excellent jobs in their leading rolls (especially Daniels, but especially Malone). The cinematography is sufficient and the editing is stylish. I really think this could have done very well as a feature film rather than just a TV movie from HBO. It makes me kinda sad that a TV release was all they got on this great film but then again, maybe a TV audience isn't all that bad these days.
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