Accepted (2006)
Director: Steve Pink
Movie review
From Time Out London
A well-intentioned lie spirals out of control in this formulaic teen comedy with an ’80s flavour. The amiable Justin Long plays Bartleby ‘B’ Gaines, who invents the South Harmon Institute of Technology (SHIT, ho ho) to convince his parents he got accepted to college. Turns out they want to see more than just a letter, so Bartleby and his fellow rejects must create a fake college. As students actually start enrolling, B’s enterprising spirit is put to good use, but will it impress hottie Monica (Blake Lively)? The inspirational speeches and lesson-learning montages are bland and derivative, but the likable cast deliver some good one-liners. ‘Battle Royale’ is mooted as a solution to the hundreds of unwanted students, while the fake Dean is a disgraced professor whose pleasingly cynical outbursts include the theory that colleges indoctrinate students ‘into a life-long hell of debt and indecision’. A watchable comedy, but hardly a worthy successor to ‘Ferris Bueller’s Day Off’.Author: Anna Smith
Time Out London Issue 1885: October 4-11 2006
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- Posted on Dec 30 2007 23:40 I watched your Accepted film few days ago , and i found one unnoticeable screen in your film. You have used the distorted Lord Budda's statue for this film. it is really shameful work. I dont know about your religion. But you must learn to respect to your religon and others religions as well. Imagine what would happen , if some one try to make a film with Your Jesus status with a loooong penis . You son of a bitch will never go to heven but Hell. Rest in peace in Hell.
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Cast & crew
Director: Steve Pink
Producer: Tom Shadyac, Michael Bostick
Cast: Justin Long, Adam Herschman, Blake Lively, Mark Derwin, Jonah Hill, Maria Thayer, Anthony Heald, Columbus Short, Lewis Black full cast
Genre(s): Comedy
Duration: 94 mins
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