Accepted
After being rejected from every college he applied, Bartleby Gaines opts to create his own institution of higher learning, the South Harmon Institute of Technology, on a rundown piece of property near his hometown.
8 January 1979, Munster, Indiana, USA
15 June 1979, St. Louis, Missouri, USA
22 May 1961, Brooklyn, New York, USA
29 May 1988, Los Angeles, California, USA
24 November 1973, Carol Stream, Illinois, USA
1 November 1954, Sebastopol, California, USA
11 November 1976, Gold Coast, Australia
17 January 1979, Misawa, Japan
20 December 1983, Los Angeles, California, USA
8 October 1986, Los Angeles, California, USA
30 August 1948, Silver Spring, Maryland, USA
4 November 1982, Victorville, California, USA
13 April 1993, Santa Monica, California, USA
4 February 1962, Chicago, Illinois, USA
19 July 1984, Los Angeles, California, USA
25 February 1977, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
March 15, 2007
Though keeping worthwhile targets - like professors who want to see their most creative students fail - director Steve Pink lets his punk inspiration slide into standard school rivalries and unrelated slapstick.
August 19, 2006
Here's the final mystery about Accepted: Why title a movie that so readily invites the headline Rejected as a critical riposte?
August 18, 2006
Too bad what begins as a cheerfully irreverent comedy in the tradition of Animal House gets all pious when it slams fraternity culture at neighboring Harmon College.
March 01, 2007
The movie works on the pure energy of its straight-faced silliness.
December 28, 2010
It has a few funny bits here and there, but they're deeply mired in the seen-it-all-beforeness of the film.
August 21, 2006
Even the characters in the movie are saying at the beginning, 'This is crazy. This will never work.' And I'm like, you know what? You're right. It never will. Not for one second. Even in a whacky comedy like this.
August 18, 2006
Even though it outright plagiarizes many plot points and gags of that generational classic, Accepted can't make the leap from contrived to genuine comedy.
May 17, 2007
Sporadically entertaining but relentlessly lightweight...
October 05, 2006
Average comedy that's low on jokes and doesn't quite live up to its premise, though it remains watchable thanks to a charming performance by Justin Long.
August 18, 2006
If you can lighten up for an hour and a half, the film delivers one good laugh after another.
November 12, 2006
[Accepted] would be funnier with an R rating on principle
August 18, 2006
Go right ahead and skip this one at the Cineplex. You've got my word: It won't be on the final.
