A bright high-school senior has her impending status as valedictorian jeopardized when her bitter history teacher, Mrs. Tingle, gives her a poor grade on a project. When an attempt to get ahead in Mrs. Tingle's class goes awry, mayhem ensues and friendships, loyalties and trust are tested by the teacher's intricate mind-games.

Helen Mirren
as Mrs. Tingle

Katie Holmes
as Leigh Ann Watson

Barry Watson
as Luke Churner

Marisa Coughlan
as Jo Lynn Jordan

Michael McKean
as Principal Potter

Jeffrey Tambor
as Coach Wenchell

Liz Stauber
as Trudie Tucker

Molly Ringwald
as Miss Banks

Vivica A. Fox
as Miss Gold

John Patrick White
as Brian Berry
John Chard
Caught between its aims? Three students get more than they bargained for when a theft of a test results paper leads to a deadly battle of wills with their kidnapped teacher, Mrs. Tingle. It seems to me that director and writer, Kevin Wiliamson, got confused as to which direction the film shoul...