Review of Accepted (2006) by Russell G — 12 Jul 2014
When a high school graduate floating through life fails to gain admittance to any of the colleges, he makes one up to keep his nagging parents off his back. That alone is funny, but then he takes it further when forges acceptance letters from a number of other rejects.
They even collect tuition and stage an academic building in an abandoned asylum. It is a preposterous concept, but it is very self-aware. There are no standouts in the cast. Collectively, they are quite funny and make a silly story like this work nicely.
The only mistake is that it tries to make sense of the chaos with a message that college stifles the creativity of renegade geniuses. Fortunately, it does not drive it too hard that it loses its slacker underdog appeal.
It may not be an essential college movie like Old School or Animal House but it sure is an enjoyable good time.
This review of Accepted (2006) was written by Russell G on 12 Jul 2014.
Accepted has generally received positive reviews.
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