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Metascore
49 out of 100

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6.4 out of 10

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 12 out of 35
  2. Mixed: 19 out of 35
  3. Negative: 4 out of 35
  1. Washington Post
    Reviewed by: Michael O'Sullivan
    Mar 22, 2013
    75
    Admission is not especially funny. The trailer can’t seem to make up its mind. On the one hand, it looks like a satire of academia. On the other hand, it could be a gentle rom-com. In truth, it’s neither.
  2. Slate
    Reviewed by: Dana Stevens
    Mar 22, 2013
    60
    I found myself curiously willing to overlook Admission’s weaknesses, or even to reinterpret them as strengths — couldn’t those inconclusive endings be seen as a refreshingly un-rom-com-like embrace of life’s open-endedness and complexity?
  3. Portland Oregonian
    Reviewed by: Marc Mohan
    Mar 21, 2013
    58
    Lily Tomlin gives the movie a boost as Portia's radical feminist mother, who would hate this movie.
  4. Slant Magazine
    Mar 11, 2013
    38
    The estrogenic elements prove widely ineffectual, but they're just pieces of this overlong, overloaded misfire whose double-entendre title ultimately just goads the jaded viewer to admit defeat.

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 5 out of 12
  2. Mixed: 7 out of 12
  3. Negative: 0 out of 12
  1. amboy
    10
    Like The Blind Side, this film manages to be relevant and touching as well as amusing. It punctures the elitism of a place like Princeton without dismissing the idea of talent and standards. Tina Fey is a wonderful combination of crispness and utter vulnerability, and Paul Rudd is smart, dense, and totally disarming. Don't expect an Apatow Laff-fest, and you may loved it.… Expand
  2. RVingAmerica
    8
    We liked the movie but didn't LOVE it... A sweet story with irony & comedy blended well. My wife was sad to see it end. Paul Rudd & Tina Fey have good chemistry. And why do they require 150 characters??… Expand
  3. TVJerry
    6
    The movie's title has several meanings and that's part of the problem. Too much earnest message and not enuff laffs. Tina Fey plays an admissions officer at Princeton, who is solicited by a teacher (Paul Rudd) to consider a special student. Fey is the comic core of this film. When she's being awkward, she's funny. The emotional stuff…not so much. I'm a big fan of Rudd, but this isn't one of his most charming performances. Overall, there are laughs, but the leanings toward heartfelt dilute the comedy.… Expand
  4. mds03
    4
    It had it's humorous and entertaining moments, but there were not enough of them. It starts out to be decent, then it kind of loses your attention as you start wondering when it's gonna end and you get bored. Let's face it, the movie had no point in being made and I have no idea why it was.… Expand

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