Genre: Comedy
Tagline: Reject rejection
Plot: After a lifetime of smooth-talking his way through the system and questioning societal restrictions, one graduating high school senior has found a quandary he can’t charm his way out of: college admission. All eight universities to which Bartleby “B” Gaines (JUSTIN LONG) applied have rejected him, and dire consequences unfold for an 18-year-old with no foreseeable future. So what can a matriculating hopeful do when the admissions gods just don’t have faith in him?Simple. Open his own university. B decides the best way into college is to create his own, or at least produce enough of a façade to fool his parents. With the help of his nerve-wracked best pal Schrader (JONAH HILL) and a collection of his college-exempt friends—including bookworm Rory (MARIA THAYER, Strangers With Candy), spaced-out foodie Glen (ADAM HERSCHMAN) and jock Hands (COLUMBUS SHORT)—B and his pals found the “illustrious” South Harmon Institute of Technology out of an abandoned psychiatric facility. Under their care, S.H.I.T. becomes a place where they can make their own rules, design curriculum and maintain complete control over their education. And they are not the only new students. The off-the-grid school appeals to scores of college cast-offs who gratefully (and unexpectedly) show up once they learn
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 It probably plays well to young people still struggling to find their own identity, but it's oh so empty. 5/10--Joshua Starnes (ComingSoon.net)
There’s a theme running through “Accepted” on the futility of the modern college system. It isn’t hateful to higher education, but questions the priorities of the students who willingly succumb to the expensive grind. Even though the film is full of comic whiffs, “Accepted” earns points for even suggesting that college isn’t nearly the towering black monolith the institution has become. B--Brian Orndorf (FilmJerk.com)
A perfectly adequate summertime diversion, Accepted merits a passing grade.  --TIM KNIGHT (Reel.com)
...Accepted has gone from an amusing lark to something more closely resembling South Harmon Institute of Technology's acronym.  --Nick Schager (SlantMagazine.com)
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Steve Pink
America's Sweethearts, The Sure Thing, The Jack Bull |
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Justin Long
Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story, Galaxy Quest, Jeepers Creepers |
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Click, The 40 Year Old Virgin, Grandma's Boy | | Blake Lively
The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants, Simon Says | | | |
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| The plot's absurdity is freely admitted, I suspect even by the filmmakers. Yet the exuberance and free-spirited merriment of it all more than make up for it. It's a friendly movie, the kind of movie you want to hang out with and be pals with. It makes you laugh, it's kind of smart, and it's in no position to judge you for the stupid things you do. What more could you want from a friend? B --Eric D. Snider (EricDSnider.com)
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