Bad Genius

Lynn is a top student who moves to an expensive high school where wealthy teenagers struggle to keep up with the demands of the curriculum. When she helps a close friend cheat on an exam, other classmates take notice and start offering money for the answers. Because her family has little money and her father is an ordinary schoolteacher, Lynn turns her academic talent into a business, building an increasingly elaborate method for passing correct answers to paying students. The operation grows into a full-scale exam-cheating enterprise, with a rich classmate acting as the go-between and another gifted student drawn into the scheme. The biggest job requires Lynn to travel abroad and deliver answers for an international test before it is given back home.

Bad Genius was released in 2017 and is set in Thailand. It was directed by Nattawut Poonpiriya, who wrote the screenplay with Tanida Hantaweewatana and Vasudhorn Piyaromna. The cast includes Chutimon Chuengcharoensukying as Lynn, Chanon Santinatornkul as Bank, Eisaya Hosuwan as Grace, Teeradon Supapunpinyo as Pat and Thaneth Warakulnukroh as Lynn's Father, among 55 credited cast members.

It was made for about 2 million dollars and became a major commercial success, taking roughly 42 million dollars worldwide. The film holds a score of 8.1 out of 10 from 21 critics, compared with 7.6 on IMDb from over 22,000 votes and 7.9 on TMDB from a few hundred votes. Directed before Gohan, it is the earlier of the two films Poonpiriya has directed.