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.
Accepted
When every college turned them down. . . they made one up.
2006 · 1h 33m · PG-13
Comedy
Directed by
Steve Pink
Overview
A high school slacker who's rejected by every school he applies to opts to create his own institution of higher learning, the South Harmon Institute of Technology, on a rundown piece of property near his hometown.
Director and cast
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
Here's the final mystery about Accepted: Why title a movie that so readily invites the headline Rejected as a critical riposte?
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.
Go right ahead and skip this one at the Cineplex. You've got my word: It won't be on the final.
If you can lighten up for an hour and a half, the film delivers one good laugh after another.
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