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'Accepted' is an unacceptable teen comedy
by Chris Garcia

Kids who go to real universities are conformist chumps. Kids rejected by universities are cool rebels: Their lack of ambition and screw-up habits are proud emblems of freewheeling individualism. That's the woolly message of "Accepted," a glib celebration of slackers and sloths, misfits and mooches, that flatters its target audience — insecure 14-year-olds — with the idea that underachieving has its own glamour and glory. It rewards the Bart Simpsons of America who look to Ferris Bueller for inspiration and absolution. Read the full review

TO SUM UP
A high school slacker whose college applications have all been rejected decides to create his own university. Much to his surprise, dozens of other college rejects show up for classes. Under the scornful eyes of the privileged students from the neighboring college, he and his friends forge ahead with maintaining a fake, but functioning, university.

FILM FACTS ...

Universal Pictures

'Accepted'

Director: Steve Pink
Starring: Justin Long, Blake Lively, Lewis Black, Adam Herschman, Jonah Hill
Run time: 93 minutes
Release date: August 18, 2006
Rating: R for language, sexual material and drug content.
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READ THE REVIEW

Austin American-Statesman: 1 of 5 stars
"... so moronically implausible, so indifferently put together, so drained of beauty and passion, you watch with dumbfounded awe."