Admission Trailer (2013)

Cast: Wallace Shawn, Paul Rudd, Michael Sheen, Tina Fey, Nat Wolff

Description: Tina Fey (Date Night, 30 Rock) and Paul Rudd (I Love You Man, Knocked Up) star in Admission, the new film directed by Academy Award nominee Paul Weitz (About a Boy), about the surprising detours we encounter on the road to happiness. Straight-laced Princeton University admissions officer Portia Nathan (Fey) is caught off-guard when she makes a recruiting visit to an alternative high school overseen by her former college classmate, the free-wheeling John Pressman (Rudd). Pressman has surmised that Jeremiah (Nat Wolff), his gifted yet very unconventional student, might well be the son that Portia secretly gave up for adoption many years ago. Soon, Portia finds herself bending the rules for Jeremiah, putting at risk the life she thought she always wanted -- but in the process finding her way to a surprising and exhilarating life and romance she never dreamed of having.

Release Date: 3/22/2013

Genre: Comedy

Studio: Focus Features

Offical Website: http://www.AdmissionMovie.com

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Country	Release Type	Date
United States	Theatrical Wide Release	3/22/2013

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04/01 @ 12:00 AM

The many strands of this amiable yet overstuffed romantic comedy don't hang together, though each, on its own, has a modest charm.

Richard Brody, New Yorker

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03/22 @ 12:00 AM

What is most distressing about Admission is that it serves as further evidence that Tina Fey, despite her dominance of the small screen, has not yet mastered the big one.

Christopher Orr, The Atlantic

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03/21 @ 12:00 AM

Only Mr. Rudd emerges unscathed. He protects himself by being consistently affable in the face of heavy odds.

Joe Morgenstern, Wall Street Journal

Everybody in Admission is funny - Tina Fey, Paul Rudd, Lily Tomlin, Wallace Shawn - but they're not funny in Admission.

Mick LaSalle, San Francisco Chronicle

While most college-themed comedies aim for low-SAT yucks, Admission tosses out jokes and cultural references that aim higher.

Colin Covert, Minneapolis Star Tribune

Admission settles for skin deep.

Ella Taylor, NPR

A genial, predictable and ultimately forgettable romantic comedy.

Claudia Puig, USA Today

Cheerful, skittish entertainment that never takes its subject seriously enough.

Ty Burr, Boston Globe

Fey and Rudd achieve a couple of comedy mindmelds ... but they're fleeting, as Admission's outlandish contrivances continue to get in the way.

Steven Rea, Philadelphia Inquirer

Infused with an almost relentless blandness, it's defined by soft comedy (a few laughs here and there), flaccid drama, and likeable actors.

James Berardinelli, ReelViews

You could call it a dramedy, I guess, but that manufactured term suggests a blending of the two elements. Here they exist almost as separate genres squeezed into the same movie.

Bill Goodykoontz, Arizona Republic

Fey and Rudd are fun to watch, though not as much fun as they might have been in a riskier, crazier movie.

A.O. Scott, New York Times

Director Weitz doesn't come close to pulling off the film's drastic tonal shifts, but at least it's an improvement over his last two films ...

Lou Lumenick, New York Post

It promisingly pairs Fey with the dreamy-funny Paul Rudd, though they generate warmth without ever catching fire. The bigger problem is the story they're in.

Rafer Guzman, Newsday

This thin envelope of a comedy checks all the boxes for being a phoned-in, phony, padded rom-com.

Joe Neumaier, New York Daily News

Another formulaic spin on Hollywood's 21st century discovery, the mom-rom-com, with its disagreeable underlying messages about women, careers and motherhood.

Mary F. Pols, TIME Magazine

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.

Peter Travers, Rolling Stone

There have been so many shrill, dumb, rinky-dink romantic comedies that it's easy to feel downright grateful when a smart, non-cheesy one comes along.

Owen Gleiberman, Entertainment Weekly

An often pleasant, faintly comedic drama that too often struggles to find its tone.

Moira MacDonald, Seattle Times

When Admission stumbles, which it does often, aiming low for easy laughs at the price of missed opportunities to go deeper, the picture lays there uninspired, like a slice of boiled ham.

Linda Barnard, Toronto Star

There's a good movie in this story. The one that got made is roughly half-good.

Michael Phillips, Chicago Tribune

Admission has some sublime moments, most of them involving Fey and Rudd dancing around their inevitable romance. The problem is in the foundation.

Richard Roeper, Chicago Sun-Times

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03/20 @ 12:00 AM

You can take the kids, you can take grandma everyone will be ever so slightly entertained.

Andrew O'Hehir, Salon.com