Accepted is a 2006 American comedy following Bartleby Gaines, a frustrated lad who decided to create his own institution after been rejected by every college he has applied.
26 January 1980, Wilmington, Delaware, USA
17 August 1957, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
8 October 1986, Los Angeles, California, USA
1971, Costa Mesa, California, USA
4 October 1980, Hartford, Connecticut, USA
26 March 1984, Scappoose, Oregon, USA
25 August 1987, Tarzana, Los Angeles, California, USA
11 September 1979, Seoul, South Korea
15 June 1984, Bronx, New York, USA
1 November 1954, Sebastopol, California, USA
17 May 1960, Beirut, Lebanon
19 September 1982, Kansas City, Missouri, USA
24 January 1983, Kenosha, Wisconsin, USA
4 November 1982, Victorville, California, USA
15 March 1985, Dickinson, North Dakota, USA
20 June 1979, Caracas, Venezuela
6 September 1981, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA
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 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.
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.
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
If you can lighten up for an hour and a half, the film delivers one good laugh after another.
March 01, 2007
The movie works on the pure energy of its straight-faced silliness.
November 12, 2006
[Accepted] would be funnier with an R rating on principle
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.
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 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.
