Review of Admission (2013) by Opinionatedguy — 20 Jul 2014

I was promised by the main character of the movie Portia that I would know on how to “get in” so I can finally be finished watching this goddamn mediocre movie. And before the credits roll, she repeated the question “How do you get in?” and she finally answered and her answer was, “Sorry. I can’t tell you. You have to find out yourself.”.

God, that was a waste of time. But that’s not the part where it cringed me the most.

What cringed me the most was the romance part of the movie. Don’t get me wrong, I liked the chemistry between Tina Fey and Paul Rudd. But the romance seemed to make the movie a chick-flick with cheesy exchange dialogues that was supposed to be smart with words, which it failed to make it sound smart with words. And the romantic part of the movie felt unnecessary in my opinion. It could have done better without it.

The characters in this movie were awful and annoying. I did not like Portia despite being played by the wonderful Tina Fey because she seemed like a woman having her midlife crisis and I don’t want to waste my time watching a movie about people having midlife crisis if it’s not portrayed in a humorous way. I did not like John despite being played by the handsome Paul Rudd because instead of being charming, he is creepy as **** despite the dashing look of Paul Rudd. But the character I did not like the most was Portia’s mother Susannah. She uses her “independent from men” attitude to hide her insecurities and that is utter **** and sexist.

The only character in this movie that I liked was Jeremiah. I relate to him very much and he is that guy you want to be friends with. And since he is played by Nat Wolff, I feel like I have this weird deep connection with the characters he played on The Fault in Our Stars, Stuck in Love and this movie. “and that’s not so bad”. (By the way, that was a stupid line to end a movie but it’s a good line to use to end this paragraph).

The highlight of this movie was the humor. It was simple, yet harsh and the comedic timing was just right. Unfortunately, it did not help this movie to impress me more.

As for the plot twists goes, it was shocking and unpredictable but it felt anti-climatic on how these conflicts were solved and I think this was a major flaw of the entire movie.

Would I see this again? No, absolutely not even though I admit it was funny. I will just watch Baby Mama and The Fault in Our Stars while I wait for Paul Rudd’s debut as Ant-Man next year. And of course, I won’t be mad at Tina Fey, Paul Rudd and Nat Wolff that they were involved in this movie. I am not that kind of person.