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The Worst Films Hollywood's Best Actors Were In

Author

Jessica Hardy

Updated on March 06, 2026

Two-time Oscar nominee Scarlett Johansson and fellow Marvel star Chris Evans had already worked together on more than one occasion by the time they teamed up for "The Avengers," but their first joint effort is undoubtedly their worst. In fact, when it comes to Johansson, it's her worst, period. 2004's "The Perfect Score" is a heist caper about a bunch of high school kids who decide to break into the HQ of New Jersey's Educational Testing Service and steal the answers to their upcoming SAT exams. Francesca (Johansson) comes up with the scheme, and she's able to convince school hunk Kyle (Evans) and four other teen movie stereotypes (an athlete, a stoner, a working-class kid, and the it-girl) to come aboard.

Directed by Brian Robbins (who would go on to helm three terrible Eddie Murphy movies before pretty much vanishing from Hollywood), "The Perfect Score" contains references to "The Breakfast Club" and "Dazed and Confused," but it's worlds away from the movies it aspires to be like. The premise, while far from groundbreaking, could have made for an entertaining teen movie in the right hands, but the story is painfully predictable and the talents of the young cast are wasted. 

"What could, and should, have been as fun and daring as skipping school turns out to be as dull as a two-hour detention," said the BBC, describing Johansson as "embarrassingly over-qualified for this kind of high-concept, low-ambition fare."