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Suzette Couture (teleplay)
Susan Coll (novel)
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22 August 2009 (USA) more
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(2 articles)
Joan Cusack: ‘I Don’t Want to Be a Helicopter Parent’
(From People - CelebrityBabies. 28 August 2009, 5:00 AM, PDT)
Joan Cusack: The TV Squad Interview
(From AOL - TVSquad. 21 August 2009, 10:02 AM, PDT)
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Acceptance-Basically Television Rejectance *1/2 more (1 total)
Cast
(Credited cast) | Mae Whitman | ... | Taylor Rockefeller |
| rest of cast listed alphabetically: | |||
 | Michael C. 'Mike' Allen | ... | Yates Professor |
 | John Atwood | ... | Mr. Kavorkian |
 | Rachael Bean | ... | Admissions Officer |
 | Angie Bolling | ... | Yates Admission Officer |
 | Brigid Brannagh | ... | Olivia |
 | Jasmine Burke | ... | Lily |
| Silas Cooper | ... | Mr. Kushner |
 | John Crow | ... | Mr. Leon |
 | Joan Cusack | ... | Nina |
 | Deepti Daryanani | ... | Maya |
| Tammy Eaton | ... | Faculty at P.T.A. Meeting |
 | Marcus Hester | ... | Mr. Joyce |
 | Deborah R. Jones | ... | Teacher |
 | Leland L. Jones | ... | Dr. Zimmer |
 | Jonathan Keltz | ... | Harold 'A.P. Harry' Burton |
 | Rick LaCour | ... | Concerned Parent |
| S. Renee Lerner | ... | Parent at PTA meeting |
 | Rob Mayes | ... | Justin Smelling |
| Lee Ann McDade | ... | Parent at PTA Meeting |
| John McIntosh | ... | Lou |
 | Ajay Mehta | ... | Joe Kaluantharana M.D. - Plastic Surgeon |
 | Mark Moses | ... | Wilson Rockefeller |
| Bill Murphey | ... | Ray |
 | Mark Oliver | ... | Principal |
 | Jeannie Perrin | ... | Dog Walker / Mom Pushing Baby Stroller |
 | Mike Pniewski | ... | Basil DIckerson |
 | Robert Pralgo | ... | Ari |
 | Halley Rachal | ... | Mr. Joyce's Class |
 | Tiger Sheu | ... | Mike Lee |
| Adam Smolenski | ... | Mrs. Joyce's Class Student |
 | Margo Swisher | ... | Mother |
 | K.T. Thangavelu | ... | Rita |
| Chris W. Tucker | ... | High School Student |
 | Charles Van Eman | ... | George |
| Thomas Wallace | ... | Twins Father |
 | Kiersten Warren | ... | Grace |
| Steven E. Williams | ... | School Supervisor |
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*** This comment may contain spoilers ***
A step above a bad film is 2009's "Acceptance."
We know what students and parents go through in the latter's senior year in high school as they wait for those fateful letters of acceptance or rejection. This film is a comedy about that situation but then turns somewhat serious.
We have a group of high school California students who really compete to get into the Ivy League schools.
When one such student knows that she can't make the grade, she applies to a fictitious Yates College that has been accidentally rated as one of the 50 top colleges in the U.S. Other students of her group also apply to Yates. Another is so intent on getting into Harvard that he doesn't bother to apply to any other college. Is this really a bright student?
While it is certainly true that going to the greatest school doesn't automatically mean that you shall succeed in life, the film trivializes this and instead becomes one of neurotic and of much inane anxiety.
Joan Cusack's performance as a competitive-driven parent is ridiculous at best. She certainly has more problems going for her. Why she made this film is her biggest problem!