History Film / BadGenius

* BrainlessBeauty: Pat and Grace are attractive and popular, but are BookDumb.

* CheatersNeverProsper: Played with.
** Lynn's piano code [[spoiler:is never found out, but the school finds out that she completed a classmate's test for him, resulting in her losing her scholarship. Nevertheless, the students who paid her for it get the grades they need.]]
** In the end, [[spoiler: Grace, Pat, and the rest get the [=STIC=] scores they wanted, but Bank is caught, banned from studying abroad, and expelled from the school. He attempts to blackmail Lynn into running another heist with him, but Lynn decides to blow the whistle on the operation herself.]]

The film centers around Lynn, an intelligent ScholarshipStudent at a prestigious high school. She first helps her BookDumb friend Grace cheat on an exam so Grace can keep her grades up enough to act in the school play. Grace's [[UpperClassTwit wealthy, unintelligent]], but opportunistic boyfriend Pat convinces Lynn to help a group of people with their grades -- they will, of course, each pay her a hefty sum per subject. Realizing how lucrative profiting off sharing exam answers can be and dismayed at the large amount of "tea money" her working-class father paid the school for her acceptance, Lynn agrees. Also in the mix is Bank, Lynn's fellow ScholarshipStudent and rival for a coveted college scholarship, who begins to suspect the cheating going on. Events later escalate into Lynn, Grace, Pat, and Bank attempting to steal the answers to the [=STIC=] (an international standardized test to get into foreign schools, analogous to the [=SAT=]s) and making millions off of it, possibly at the expense of their moral integrity.

->"''Don't you see -- even if you don't cheat, life cheats you anyway.''"

''Bad Genius'' (released in Thailand as ''Chalard Games Goeng / ฉลาดเกมส์โกง'') is a 2017 Thai heist film directed by Nattawut Poonpiriya. It stars Chutimon Chuengcharoensukying, Chanon Santinatornkul, Teeradon Supapunpinyo and Eisaya Hosuwan.

-->'''Vit''': Gold medal in maths.

* HowWeGotHere: The film opens with the students being questioned, and is intercut with flashbacks to their school life, building up to how the cheating scheme was conceived. [[spoiler:Subverted, as it turns out those were merely practice in case they are caught before Lynn and Bank leave for Sydney. The film proceeds in chronological order afterwards.]]

* StandardSnippet: Snippets of classical music play as Lynn explains the hand movements used to denote the multiple-choice answers. "[[Music/LudwigVanBeethoven Für Elise]]" for A, "[[Music/WolfgangAmadeusMozart Turkish March]]" for B, and "[[Music/JohannSebastianBach Minuet in G]]" for D.
%%I didn't catch the piece they used for C, so if anyone did please add that in!

* BookDumb: Evidently, both Pat and Grace. They continuously fail to do well in tests and rely on Lynn for their grades.
* BrainlessBeauty: Pat and Grace are attractive and popular, but very BookDumb.

The film centers around Lynn, an intelligent ScholarshipStudent at a prestigious school. She first helps her BookDumb friend Grace cheat on an exam so Grace can keep her grades up enough to act in the school play. Grace's [[UpperClassTwit wealthy, unintelligent]], but opportunistic boyfriend Pat convinces Lynn to help a group of people with their grades -- they will, of course, each pay her a hefty sum per subject. Realizing how lucrative profiting off sharing exam answers can be -- and that her father paid the school "tea money" for her acceptance -- Lynn agrees. Also in the mix is Bank, Lynn's fellow ScholarshipStudent and rival for a coveted scholarship, who begins to suspect the cheating going on. Events later escalate into Lynn, Grace, Pat, and Bank attempting to steal the answers to the [=STIC=] (an international standardized test to get into foreign schools, analogous to the [=SAT=]s) and making millions off of it, possibly at the expense of their moral integrity.

* ShipTease: Between Lynn and Bank. Lynn tells him he reminds her of her father, and smooths up his appearance. They have an intense moment on a footbridge after [[spoiler:Pat reveals he was responsible for Bank's beatdown]], and grow a bit closer on their trip to Sydney.
** [[spoiler: Cruelly subverted towards the film's end, as shown during Lynn and Bank's final confrontation in the laundromat.]]

** Lynn's is rattling off the total expenses her father will end up paying the school if she moves there, showing her analytical mind and intelligence.

* ScholarshipStudent: Both Bank and Lynn. Bank's mother runs a laundromat, while Lynn's father is a teacher. Both are keenly aware that despite their superior intelligence and work ethic, they are still at a disadvantage compared to their richer classmates, and this factors into their motivations.

The film centers around Lynn, an intelligent ScholarshipStudent at a prestigious school. She first helps her BookDumb friend Grace cheat on an exam so Grace can keep her grades up enough to act in the school play. Grace's [[UpperClassTwit wealthy, unintelligent]], but opportunistic boyfriend Pat convinces Lynn to help a group of people with their grades -- they will, of course, pay her a hefty sum per exam. Realizing how lucrative profiting off sharing exam answers can be -- and that her father paid the school "tea money" in acceptance -- Lynn agrees. Also in the mix is Bank, Lynn's fellow ScholarshipStudent and rival for a coveted scholarship, who begins to suspect the cheating going on. Events later escalate into Lynn, Grace, Pat, and Bank attempting to steal the answers to the [=STIC=] (an international standardized test to get into foreign schools, analogous to the [=SAT=]s) and making millions off of it, possibly at the expense of their moral integrity.

The film centers around Lynn, an intelligent ScholarshipStudent at a prestigious school. She first helps her BookDumb friend Grace cheat on an exam so Grace can keep her grades up enough to act in the school play. Grace's [[UpperClassTwit wealthy but unintelligent]] boyfriend Pat convinces Lynn to help a group of people with their grades -- they will, of course, pay her a hefty sum per exam. Realizing how lucrative profiting off sharing exam answers can be -- and that her father paid the school "tea money" in acceptance -- Lynn agrees. Also in the mix is Bank, fellow ScholarshipStudent who begins to suspect the cheating going on. Events later escalate into Lynn, Grace, Pat, and Bank attempting to steal the answers to the [=STIC=] (a fictional international standardized test to get into foreign schools, analogous to the [=SAT=]s) and making millions off of it, possibly at the expense of their moral integrity.

* ScholarshipStudent: Both Bank and Lynn. Bank's mother runs a laundromat, while Lynn's father is a teacher. Both are keenly aware of their richer classmates' privilege, and this factors into their motivations.

The film centers around Lynn, an intelligent ScholarshipStudent at a prestigious school. She first helps her BookDumb friend Grace cheat on an exam so Grace can keep her grades up enough to act in the school play. Grace's [[UpperClassTwit wealthy but unintelligent]] boyfriend Pat convinces Lynn to help a group of people with their grades -- they will, of course, pay her a hefty sum per exam. Lynn agrees for the money. Also in the mix is Bank, fellow ScholarshipStudent who begins to suspect the cheating going on. Events later escalate into Lynn, Grace, Pat, and Bank attempting to steal the answers to the [=STIC=] (a fictional international standardized test to get into foreign schools, analogous to the [=SAT=]s) and making millions off of it, possibly at the expense of their moral integrity.

* HourglassPlot: Between Bank and Lynn. Lynn freely masterminds an exam cheating scheme while Bank refuses to let his classmate copy off of him, even for a hefty sum. By the end, [[spoiler:Bank is banned from retaking the [=STIC=] and expelled from the school. He tries to blackmail Lynn into stealing the answers to the [=GAT=]s[[note]]another standardized test in Thailand[[/note]] with her role in the heist, while she refuses and in fact exposes the scheme herself.]]
* INeverSaidItWasPoison: When Pat describes his relationship with Bank, he lets slip that [[spoiler:Bank was beat up and found in a landfill. The problem? Bank never told anyone he was found in a landfill, meaning that Pat hired the thugs to beat him up badly enough that he misses the scholarship exam]].

[[caption-width-right:350:Ready to pay for A's?[[labelnote:From left to right]][Lynn, Bank, Grace, and Pat[[/note]]]]

''Bad Genius'' (released in Thailand as ''Chalard Games Goeng / ฉลาดเกมส์โกง'') is a 2017 Thai heist film directed by Nattawut Poonpiriya, starring Chutimon Chuengcharoensukying, Chanon Santinatornkul, Teeradon Supapunpinyo and Eisaya Hosuwan.

* ScholarshipStudent: Both Bank and Lynn. Bank's mother runs a laundromat, while Lynn's father is a teacher. Both are keenly aware of their richer classmates' privilege.