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Accepted (2006)

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User Rating: 6.4/10 (15,750 votes)
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Overview

Director:
Steve Pink
Writers (WGA):
Adam Cooper (screenplay) &
Bill Collage (screenplay) ...
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Release Date:
18 August 2006 (USA) more view trailer
Genre:
Comedy more
Tagline:
Reject rejection more
Plot:
When a high school burnout discovers he's been rejected from every college he's applied to, he creates a fake university in order to fool his overzealous parents. full summary | full synopsis (warning! may contain spoilers)
Awards:
3 nominations more
User Comments:
An off the wall college experience with lots of humor more

Cast

 (Cast overview, first billed only)

Justin Long ... Bartleby Gaines

Jonah Hill ... Sherman Schrader

Adam Herschman ... Glen

Columbus Short ... Hands

Maria Thayer ... Rory
Lewis Black ... Uncle Ben

Blake Lively ... Monica

Mark Derwin ... Jack Gaines

Ann Cusack ... Diane Gaines

Hannah Marks ... Lizzie Gaines
Robin Taylor ... Abernathy (A.D.D.) (as Robin Lord Taylor)

Diora Baird ... Kiki
Joe Hursley ... Maurice / The Ringers

Jeremy Howard ... Freaky Student

Anthony Heald ... Dean Van Horne
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Additional Details

MPAA:
Rated PG-13 for language, sexual material and drug content.
Runtime:
90 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color
Aspect Ratio:
2.35 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
DTS | SDDS | Dolby Digital
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Trivia:
During the hot dog costume scene, Schrader mentions how James Garfield even wore the suit, though not a member of the fictional BKE fraternity in the movie James Garfield was in fact a member of the Delta Upsilon International Fraternity more
Goofs:
Continuity: When B. is giving the speech at the end to the Board of Directors, at the end of the speech he throws the chair that is in front of him onto the ground. In the next scene you can see the chair still in front of him, then you see someone picking it up off the ground. more
Quotes:
Sherman Schrader: It was your idea to put "acceptance is just one click away"
Bartleby Gaines: Yeah put it as "one click away" but you don't make it clickable!
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Movie Connections:
References Psycho (1960) more
Soundtrack:
I'm Better more

FAQ

What kind of scanner does Bartleby use in the movie?
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30 out of 46 people found the following comment useful:-
An off the wall college experience with lots of humor, 16 August 2006
7/10
Author: Douglas Young (the-movie-guy) from Memphis, Tennessee

(Synopsis) Graduating high school senior Bartleby "B" Gaines (Justin Long) finds himself without a college to attend. He has been able to talk and con his way out of every problem he encounters, but he hasn't been able to charm his way pass the college admissions board of eight colleges. His mom and dad are very disappointed that Bartleby hasn't been accepted into college. His parents think that if Bartleby doesn't go to college, he will have no future. Several of Bartleby's friends are in the same situation of being rejected by all the colleges they applied to. To satisfy their parents, Bartleby comes up with an idea to start his own college with an internet site. They convert an abandoned psychiatric facility into the South Harmon Institute of Technology. They will be the only students. However, the web site states that we accept anyone. On the first day of school, they unexpectedly have a large number of accepted students that were also rejected by all colleges. With a million dollars in tuition money, Bartleby must make his fake college into a functioning one. He hires Uncle Ben (Lewis Black) as the College Dean. The fun begins when they design their own curriculum, make their own rules, and party all night.

(My Comment) The premise of starting a college without a teaching staff is a little off the wall. Since it was a fake college, Bartleby really didn't need a staff. The movie reminded me of the classic movie "Animal House", the college setting, the fraternity, lots of gags, and pretty young women. These new college freshmen had a different notion of what the college experience was all about. The movie not only has lots of humor, it also has a good message for life. People should reach for their dream and create a passion for what they want to do in life and not settle for what other people want them to do. The ending was a little unrealistic, but it is only a movie. The movie was made for the young crowd to have a little fun. (Universal Pictures, Run time 1:32, Rated PG-13) (7/10)

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