Accepted (2006)
When every college turned them down. . . they made one up.
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Accepted rating: IMDb, Rotten Tomatoes and Metacritic
IMDb6.4/10· 147K votes
Rotten Tomatoes38%
Metacritic47%
TMDb6.447/10· 2K votesWith 38% on Rotten Tomatoes, backed by 6.4/10 on IMDb and 47/100 on Metacritic, critical reception of this film has been modest.
About Accepted
A high school slacker who's rejected by every school he applies to opts to create his own institution of higher learning, the South Harmon Institute of Technology, on a rundown piece of property near his hometown.
Cast of Accepted
Justin Long
as Bartleby Gaines
Jonah Hill
as Sherman Schrader
Blake Lively
as Monica Moreland
Adam Herschman
as Glen
Columbus Short
as Hands
Maria Thayer
as Rory
Lewis Black
as Uncle Ben
Jim O'Heir
as Mr. Schrader
Mark Derwin
as Jack Gaines
Ann Cusack
as Diane Gaines
Hannah Marks
as Lizzie Gaines
Robin Lord Taylor
as Abernathy
Accepted facts
- Budget
- $23M
- Box office
- $38.5M
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Audience opinions
What the audience liked
- •College comedy captures underdog spirit with charm and earnestness
- •Lead performance anchors film with likable protagonist audiences root for
- •Comedy of errors concept generates genuine laughs throughout runtime
What the audience disliked
- •Plot becomes increasingly unrealistic and harder to accept
- •Character arcs resolve too neatly without earned emotional growth
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