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Metascore®47 out of 100 | Mixed or average reviews

Critic scores range from 0 to 100, with higher scores indicating more favorable reviews.

  • 70
    Variety | Justin Chang

    Sweetly amusing, gently anarchic and never mean-spirited. Read full review

  • 67
    Entertainment Weekly | Scott Brown

    Accepted's winning dumbness and breezy bons mots save it from the pit. Read full review

  • 60
    The Hollywood Reporter | Michael Rechtshaffen

    After a very funny start, there just isn't enough content to fill the feature-length curriculum. Read full review

  • 50
    USA Today | Claudia Puig

    Mostly, it wallows in partying with a capital P. Read full review

  • 50
    Chicago Tribune | Michael Phillips

    A mildly funny PG-13 effort that is just dying to release an R- or unrated DVD version of itself. That way all the pool party sequences can lay off the false modesty. Read full review

  • 50
    Village Voice | Scott Foundas

    Accepted is an inspired premise in search of a movie: What starts out as a scabrous takedown of academic bureaucracy ends up yet another modestly rousing underdog story about the little slacker that could. Read full review

  • 50
    The Onion (A.V. Club) | Keith Phipps

    The ideal viewer of Accepted probably won't have seen any college comedies before. Or any slobs-vs.-snobs movies like "Caddyshack." For those who have, it's kind of a snore. Read full review

  • 50
    The New York Times | Nathan Lee

    Accepted will make for a passable alternative to sold-out shows of "Snakes on a Plane," but it's a disappointing debut for the director Steve Pink. Read full review

  • 30
    Wall Street Journal | Joanne Kaufman

    Go right ahead and skip this one at the Cineplex. You've got my word: It won't be on the final. Read full review

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Average Rating = 3.6 out of 5