Admission

Name: Admission
Genre: Drama, Comedy, Romance
Released: March 22, 2013
Duration: 107 min
Rating: 48
Cast: Gloria Reuben, Nat Wolff, Paul Rudd, Tina Fey

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Universal Pictures | Release Date: March 22, 2013 | PG-13

Starring: Gloria Reuben, Nat Wolff, Paul Rudd, Tina Fey

Summary: At Princeton, an admissions officer gets involved with a less-than-model potential student.

Director: Paul Weitz

Genre(s): Drama, Comedy, Romance

Rating: PG-13

Runtime: 107 min

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Michael O'Sullivan

Mar 22, 2013

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. Read full review

Ella Taylor

Mar 21, 2013

Where "About a Boy" was both funny and wise about urban alienation, Admission settles for skin deep. Read full review

Steven Rea

Mar 21, 2013

Admission works in stops and starts. Read full review

Film.com William Goss

Mar 6, 2013

Actions do have their consequences, though, and Weitz doesn’t try to end things too tidily for their own good. Were only that he had succeeded in committing to one of those films over the other, then Admission might have been this year’s “Liberal Arts” rather than this year’s “Smart People.” Read full review

Peter Travers

Mar 21, 2013

I'd see Tina Fey and Paul Rudd in anything, but this is pushing it. Admission is so slight that a breeze could flatten it. Read full review

Peter Rainer

Mar 22, 2013

Granted, this is not automatic laugh-riot material, nor should it be, but didn’t Fey recognize how hackneyed it all is? Does being a movie star mean blanding out everything that makes you special? Read full review

Joe Neumaier

Mar 21, 2013

The bad news about Admission is that this thin envelope of a comedy checks all the boxes for being a phoned-in, phony, padded rom-com. Read full review

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KatrinaE

Apr 1, 2013

What can be said about a perfectly charming movie that the critics got so terribly wrong? It's a story with great heart and humor, one that hits all the right notes, including strong performances from Fey and Rudd and Tomlin as well as the rest of the supporting cast members. Finally a movieWhat can be said about a perfectly charming movie that the critics got so terribly wrong? It's a story with great heart and humor, one that hits all the right notes, including strong performances from Fey and Rudd and Tomlin as well as the rest of the supporting cast members. Finally a movie without explicit sex, bathroom humor, endless profanity, and graphic violence—a really good romantic comedy that deal with matters of the heart.… Expand

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Lubis

Apr 1, 2013

My wife and I LOVED this movie. Charming, charming, charming. I don't usually disagree vehemently with the roster of professional critics, but with this movie, I am baffled by the low scores. Paul Rudd and Tina Fey are wonderful, the script is delightful, and puts the viewer a little offMy wife and I LOVED this movie. Charming, charming, charming. I don't usually disagree vehemently with the roster of professional critics, but with this movie, I am baffled by the low scores. Paul Rudd and Tina Fey are wonderful, the script is delightful, and puts the viewer a little off balance, keeping the surprise element always in play. We don't like predictable scripts, and this was far from it; two original characters, who travel a wonderfully circuitous path toward the "happy ending." This movie was one of our favorites of the year. We're so tired of the mega-violent and teen-angst flicks that Hollywood is perpetually foisting on the public. It was so refreshing to go to the movies and laugh, smile, empathize, and simply dream along with the lead characters. This review wouldn't be complete without a tip of the hat to Lily Tomlin, who puts in a stellar performance, playing Tina Fey's stridently feminist author mother. Wonderful! Please go see this movie, and take your friends and family. You will be thankful that you did.… Expand