Making the Grade
If you can't make it...fake it!
Directed by Dorian Walker
Produced by The Cannon Group, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
A lighthearted 1980s comedy about identity and class collision, where a street-smart con artist impersonates a prep-school student and gets tangled in romance, loyalty, and escalating complications.
Lazy preppie Palmer Woodrow hires street-smart Eddie Keaton to go to school for him while he lives it up in Europe. Eddie falls in love with preppie gal Tracey, upsetting Biff, the Hoover Academy bully. When his bookie from the old neighborhood, Dice, comes to collect on Eddie's gambling debts and Palmer returns early from Europe, the scheme slowly starts to unravel. Soon, Eddie can't even tell whose side he's really on.
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Like Making the Grade
Nearest across the full emotional profile.
Same Mood as Making the Grade
Nearest on what's most distinctive about this one.
Like Making the Grade, But Darker
Similar, pushed toward heavier and more intense.
Like Making the Grade, But Lighter
Similar, pushed toward warmer and easier.
Like Making the Grade, But Less Popular
Same territory, far fewer people have seen it.
