Bad Genius (2017)
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- Synopsis:
- Lynn (Chutimon Chuengcharoensukying), a genius high school student who makes money by helping others cheat tests, receives a new task that leads her to Sydney, Australia. In order to complete the millions-Baht task, Lynn and her classmate have to finish the international STIC (SAT) exam and deliver the answers back to her friends in Thailand, before the exam takes place once again in her home country.
- Actors:
- Chutimon Chuengcharoensukying, Eisaya Hosuwan, Teeradon Supapunpinyo, Chanon Santinatornkul, Thaneth Warakulnukroh, Sarinrat Thomas, Ego Mikitas, Pasin Kuansataporn, Jak Boon, Kanjana Vinaipanid, Yuthapong Varanukrohchoke, Nopawat Likitwong, Vittawin Veeravidhayanant, Suwijak Mahatthanachotwanich, Narwin Rathlertkarn, Thanawat Sutat Na Ayutthaya, Thanachart Phinyocheep, Pichatorn Santinatornkul, Thanwalai Pornjirattikal, Natchanok Kamonrattananan
- Directors:
- Nattawut Poonpiriya
- Writers:
- Tanida Hantaweewatana, Vasudhorn Piyaromna
- Aka:
- Chalard Games Goeng
- Genres:
- Comedy, Drama, Thrillers
- Countries:
- Thailand
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Reviews (1) of Bad Genius
The Great Exam-scape - Bad Genius review by griggs
In reality, a heist movie with a Nazi exam invigilator.
Chutimon Chuengcharoensukying plays Lynn, a maths prodigy who realises her brain is worth money to classmates with rich parents. She’s excellent at looking calm while doing sums behind her eyes. Chanon Santinatornkul is equally good as Bank, a scholarship boy so earnest he looks like he irons his socks.
The first scam, with answers tapped out as piano fingering, is a lovely bit of nonsense. Then the scheme goes international, and Ego Mikitas, as the supervisor, turns the Sydney test centre into The Great Escape. To be fair, his menace is pure pantomime, though he patrols with such grim intensity that I half expected someone to start digging a tunnel under the desks.
The class politics land, too. Lynn and Bank gamble their futures while their clients wave Daddy’s credit card. But the moral questions keep getting sent out of the room whenever a new scam needs the spotlight, and the finale leans on a suspicious amount of luck.
The exam scenes deserve top marks. Everything else scrapes a pass.