Accepted

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Accepted

PG-13,

2006,

1h 33m,

Comedy

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38%

115 Reviews

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250,000+ Ratings

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115 Reviews

72%

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250,000+ Ratings

After receiving his latest college rejection letter, senior Bartleby Gaines devises a novel way to fool everyone into thinking he is college-bound: Open his own university. Bartleby and his similarly stymied friends take over an abandoned building, create a fake website, hire a friend's uncle to pose as the dean, and -- presto -- a school is born. However, they do their jobs too well, and soon many other rejects try to gain admittance to the nonexistent South Harmon Institute of Technology.

Critics Consensus

Like its characters who aren't able to meet their potential, Accepted's inconsistent and ridiculous plot gets annoying, despite a few laughs.

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Sara Michelle Fetters

MovieFreak.com

Aug 22, 2006

3/4

Listen, while I wish the writers would have been able to keep their momentum up and avoid a few dry spells, there is more than enough going on to the positive these flaws end up becoming fairly moot.

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Richard Roeper

Ebert & Roeper

Aug 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.

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Peter Howell

Toronto Star

Aug 19, 2006

1.5/4

Here's the final mystery about Accepted: Why title a movie that so readily invites the headline Rejected as a critical riposte?

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Matt Brunson

Film Frenzy

Jan 24, 2021

2.5/4

Offers a smattering of decent chuckles amidst all the predictable piling on of pilfered plotlines.

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Mike Massie

Gone With The Twins

Nov 15, 2020

6/10

Though the plot is outrageous, with no grounding in reality, the film does an admirable job of making everything seem sensible - at least in the context of a comedic scenario.

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Micheal Compton

Bowling Green Daily News

Nov 20, 2019

B

A surprisingly sharp comedy that manages to pay homage to classic comedies like Animal House while delivering a lot of laughs.

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Hagrid S

Apr 23, 2019

Laughs, it might offer. But a great movie, no way. Though I'm down for a strange attempt on creating a college, but not with this kind of execution. The plot is terrible and loaded with idiocy. The characters are impossible to relate to or route for. The script was awkward, the messages are thin, and the college environment itself, was not even close to acceptable. Its a comedy loaded with slack, just like its main character.

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Apr 22, 2019

This is one of the movies where you just want to enjoy without thinking too deep about anything. Unreal? Come on! I don't need that as long as it makes me laugh and happy after the movie ended. It is just like what the movie is about, stereotype does not define what a good movie is. Despite the bad score from the critiques, to me, this is a good movie. Just relax your mind and enjoy this 90 minutes.

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Mar 31, 2019

Very underated, funny movie.

Poe W

Mar 20, 2019

Justin Long and Jonah Hill are both good performers but Lewis Black provided the most laughs. The film provided a few laughs but seemed like a tone down version of Animal House but not as funny. If you enjoyed films like Revenge of the Nerds and Animal House which are much better comedies then you will enjoy Accepted. Justin Long's performance was charming and manages to make you laugh and his character is genuinely smart and makes you wish he got into college but he is smart for pulling off a fake college.

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Feb 10, 2019

This movie is a nostalgia comedy similar to American Pie so funny and common ask me about my weiner is as catchy as dude wheres my car

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Luke S

Nov 6, 2018

This film was almost good.

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Steve Pink

Director

Justin Long

Bartleby Gaines

Jonah Hill

Sherman

Blake Lively

Monica

Maria Thayer

Rory

Lewis Black

Uncle Ben

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Synopsis

After receiving his latest college rejection letter, senior Bartleby Gaines devises a novel way to fool everyone into thinking he is college-bound: Open his own university. Bartleby and his similarly stymied friends take over an abandoned building, create a fake website, hire a friend's uncle to pose as the dean, and -- presto -- a school is born. However, they do their jobs too well, and soon many other rejects try to gain admittance to the nonexistent South Harmon Institute of Technology.

Director: Steve Pink
Producer: Tom Shadyac, Michael Bostick
Screenwriter: Mark Perez, Adam Cooper, Bill Collage
Distributor: Universal Pictures
Production Co: Universal Pictures, Shady Acres Entertainment
Rating: PG-13 (Language|Drug Content|Sexual Material)
Genre: Comedy
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Aug 18, 2006, Wide
Release Date (Streaming): Aug 13, 2015
Box Office (Gross USA): $36.3M
Runtime: 1h 33m
Sound Mix: Dolby Digital, DTS, SDDS
Aspect Ratio: Scope (2.35:1)

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