Cheats
Movie • 2002 • Comedy
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While other kids buy into countless hours of studying just so they can get a mark in some teacher's report book, 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.
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A character jams his fingers down his throat to make himself vomit.
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Is there pedophilia?
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There's a bit at the end that implies Mr. Harken might've been creeping on Handsome and Victor when they wore revealing clothing? But I'm not completely sure if that's what the punchline is meant to be. They'd likely be 18 by this point, but it's still not good.
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Victor says some mean things to adopted kids, but I wouldn't say it borders on abuse.
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Is there autism specific abuse?
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Applebee is implied to have some form of intellectual disability and faces a fair bit of cruelty from Victor.
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Are there fat jokes?
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In Kindergarten a girl disgustedly calls Sammy, who's overweight, a "big chubby baby".
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Handsome mentions potentially faking one, but never does. Sammy also makes himself puke, which isn't for any disordered purposes, but could still be triggering.
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Is there ableist language or behavior?
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Applebee's implied to have some sort of intellectual disability, through the principal saying she's "sick of [his] special ed bullshit". He also faces a lot of cruelty from Victor, who's mean to everyone, but seems to especially hate him.
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I think this one's kind of subjective, we don't know what Applebee has for sure but he could easily be seen as autistic coded. As an autistic person myself I think he was fine and the film was mostly on his side, but I could see how one might view him as stereotypical.
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Is someone gaslighted?
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The main four cheaters (especially Handsome) build a whole system on manipulation and convincing authority figures that things aren't what they seem.
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Victor claims to be the father of an adopted kid who abandoned him as a cruel practical joke, but we don't know for sure the circumstances of the adopted kids in this movie.
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"N*gro" used in a neutral sense.
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Does someone say "I'll kill myself"?
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The Asian janitor's a bit off, he speaks in broken English and the kids play on his lack of knowledge on US history.
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There's a bit where Handsome discusses homosexual thoughts with his teacher, but it's a ruse to distract him and there's no actual outings.
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Does the abused become the abuser?
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Does a woman get slapped?
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Worry not, this film is about cheating in academics and not in relationships.
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Victor only slaps Applebee, but he's cruel to him in other ways too, calling him names and threatening violence or even death on him multiple times. While he only really gets physical once, I think this could still easily be triggering to anyone who's been treated similar.
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Some brief underage drinking which may be concerning, but nothing to suggest abuse of the substance.
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Not in depth, but there are mentions of God and Hell.
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Does someone have a mental illness?
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It's definitely somewhat alluded that Handsome and Victor may have antisocial personality disorder or something of the sorts, but it's never explicitly stated.
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Is the fourth wall broken?
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Not directly, but there is narration with some freeze frames.
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The potential of going to Hell for being gay is mentioned, but nothing further.
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Is there obscene language/gestures?
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PG-13 level swears.
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Does someone have a meltdown?
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Only kind of, Handsome pretends to get upset when he's accused of cheating and he slams some lockers and rips off his shirt. This is played for laughs.
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Are there nude scenes?
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A few shirtless boys and some girls in their underwear, but no full nudity.
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Scene where a character is in a ceiling could potentially count, although it's only brief shots.
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Text only, but the end describes an incident where someone has sex with a person while they're sleeping.
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