THE DANGEROUS LIVES OF ALTAR BOYS (2002)

CHARACTER Sister Assumpta, principal of a Catholic high school

IMPERILED? A stern disciplinarian who wears a prosthetic leg, Sister Assumpta is the target of violent revenge fantasies by a handful of her mischief-prone students, including Tim Sullivan (Kieran Culkin, right), who masterminds an ultimately disastrous prank to scare her by unleashing a mountain lion in her office.

EMPOWERED? Sister Assumpta's rigorous discipline appears to be the expression of genuine concern for her students, though that's not at all apparent to them.

EW MOVIE GRADE: C+ (Read the EW review)