Accepted (2006)

Director:

Steve Pink

Writers (WGA):

Adam Cooper (screenplay) &
Bill Collage (screenplay) ...

Release Date:

18 August 2006 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy

Tagline:

Reject rejection

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.

Plot Keywords:

College | Student | Dean | High School | Education

Awards:

4 nominations

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

Justin Long	...	Bartleby Gaines
Jonah Hill	...	Sherman Schrader
Adam Herschman	...	Glen
Columbus Short	...	Daryl 'Hands' Holloway
Maria Thayer	...	Rory Thayer
Lewis Black	...	Ben Lewis
Blake Lively	...	Monica Moreland
Mark Derwin	...	Jack Gaines
Ann Cusack	...	Diane Gaines
Hannah Marks	...	Lizzie Gaines
Robin Taylor	...	Abernathy Darwin Dunlap (as Robin Lord Taylor)
Sam Horrigan	...	Mike Welsh
Joe Hursley	...	Maurice / The Ringers
Jeremy Howard	...	Freaky Student
Anthony Heald	...	Dean Richard Van Horne

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

Sound Mix:

SDDS | Dolby Digital | DTS

Certification:

Ireland:12A | Singapore:PG | Netherlands:MG6 | USA:PG-13 (certificate #42641) | Malaysia:U | Australia:M | Germany:o.Al. | South Korea:12 | Argentina:13 | Sweden:11

Filming Locations:

Chapman University - One University Drive, Orange, California, USA

Company:

Universal Pictures

Trivia:

Lewis Black's character says the word "fuck" twice, but one was literally bleeped out in order to make the movie PG-13.

Goofs:

Continuity: When Glen says "We can have a battle royal." He is holding a Pepsi can. But in the next shot he sits down and picks the can up off the table.

Quotes:

Diane Gaines: Are you huffing?
Bartleby Gaines: Oh god.
Diane Gaines: Are you high?
Jack Gaines: Your huffing grass?
Bartleby Gaines: No I'm not huffing mom I'm not stoned I'm completely fine, infact I'm more clear and level headed than I've ever been.
Jack Gaines: Okay cut the crap Bartleby. Society has rules and the first rule is: You go to college. You wanna have a happy and successful life, you go to college. If you wanna be somebody, you go to college. If you wanna fit in, you go to college.
Bartleby Gaines: Well you know what maybe I didn't get into college!

Movie Connections:

References The Amityville Horror (1979)

Soundtrack:

Don't You Forget About Me

Much better than my expectations

I saw the trailer and read some reviews, and I had low expectations for this movie. I was pleasantly surprised. While the plot is a little off-beat, everybody in the making of this movie pulled off a pleasant flick good for many a laugh. The writing and jokes are far more literate than I have come to expect. Better yet, they are delivered with aplomb by unknown actors doing a good job, all of them.

The main reasons I wanted to see this movie were Justin Long and Lewis Black. Long is from "Ed" and the new Apple computer ads. He was just coming into his own as an actor in "Ed," and he was excellent here. He's a natural in front of the camera. Lewis Black is a social commentator who pulls no punches. He's on "The Daily Show" on Comedy Central about once every two weeks, but he really shines in HBO's "Red, White, and Screwed." I regularly catch him on XM Radio's uncensored comedy channel. Give Black an idea and let him improvise. Whether his rants and lines here are scripted or improvised are no matter. He's priceless delivering his thoughts on middle class angst. One thing about Black's delivery, his hand gestures are not those of a comedian. It just seems like he's having a conversation with you, and I think that makes him unconsciously more effective.