Admission

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  • Opened March 22, 2013 
  • 1 hr 57 min
  • PG-13 | Language and some sexual material

  • Parents: Common Sense Media says OK for kids 13+. More on child suitability

  • Tina Fey (Date Night, 30 Rock) and Paul Rudd (I Love You Man, Knocked Up) star in Admission, the new film directed by Academy Award nominee Paul Weitz (About a Boy), about the surprising detours we encounter on the road to happiness. Straight-laced Princeton University admissions officer Portia Nathan (Fey) is caught off-guard when she makes a recruiting visit to an alternative high school overseen by her former college classmate, the free-wheeling John Pressman (Rudd). Pressman has surmised that Jeremiah (Nat Wolff), his gifted yet very unconventional student, might well be the son that Portia secretly gave up for adoption many years ago. Soon, Portia finds herself bending the rules for Jeremiah, putting at risk the life she thought she always wanted--but in the process finding her way to a surprising and exhilarating life and romance she never dreamed of having. Full synopsis

  • Cast: Tina Fey, Paul Rudd, Nat Wolff, Michael Sheen, Wallace Shawn
  • Director: Paul Weitz
  • Genres: Romantic Comedy, Comedy

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Fan Reviews

So-so
Okay movie if you have to do a romance/comedy

by LutherB55

This movie dragged in spots but had some funny parts. If you must do a chick flic it's not too bad. I didn't look at my watch until an hour into the movie....

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HUGE disappointment

by wildman92832

first off, I think the "i'm In" is a dumb idea. This is based on the previews, but continues to be shown after the movie has been released. It can generate enthusiasm for a totally LACKLUSTER...

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Just plain bad

by joeydimartino

My wife and I do not get a chance to get out too often so when we had the chance, we both like Tina Fey. Boy, we were disappointed. Wait for redbox....

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Critic Reviews

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The Globe and Mail (Toronto)
| Rick Groen

The result is a picture curiously yet intriguingly at odds with itself: One moment is edgy, the next is not; the cast is terrific, the direction is not; here it’s satirically sharp, there it’s sloppily sentimental; now we’re happily engaged, then we’re cruelly dumped. Some films are electric – Admission settles for alternating current. Read full review

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Entertainment Weekly
| Owen Gleiberman

Admission, a likably breezy campus movie directed by Paul Weitz (About a Boy), is blissfully non-insulting. Read full review

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NPR
| Ella Taylor

Where "About a Boy" was both funny and wise about urban alienation, Admission settles for skin deep. Read full review

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Philadelphia Inquirer
| Steven Rea

Admission works in stops and starts. Read full review

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Tina Fey as Portia Nathan and Paul Rudd as John Pressman in "Admission."