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Accepted (2006) -- When a high school burnout discovers he's been rejected from every college he's applied to, he creates a fake university in order to fool his overzealous parents.
Accepted (2006) -- Clip: B's sister blackmails him at the tiki bar
Accepted (2006) -- When a high school burnout discovers he's been rejected from every college he's applied to, he creates a fake university in order to fool his overzealous parents.
Accepted (2006) -- When a high school burnout discovers he's been rejected from every college he's applied to, he creates a fake university in order to fool his overzealous parents.
Accepted (2006) -- When a high school burnout discovers he's been rejected from every college he's applied to, he creates a fake university in order to fool his overzealous parents.

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Writers (WGA):
Adam Cooper (screenplay) &
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Release Date:
18 August 2006 (USA) more
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Reject rejection more
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When a high school burnout discovers he's been rejected from every college he's applied to, he creates a fake university in order to fool his overzealous parents. full summary | full synopsis
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3 nominations more
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(38 articles)
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An off the wall college experience with lots of humor more (177 total)

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

Justin Long ... Bartleby Gaines

Jonah Hill ... Sherman Schrader
Adam Herschman ... Glen

Columbus Short ... Hands Holloway

Maria Thayer ... Rory Thayer
Lewis Black ... Ben Lewis

Blake Lively ... Monica

Mark Derwin ... Jack Gaines

Ann Cusack ... Diane Gaines

Hannah Marks ... Lizzie Gaines
Robin Taylor ... Abernathy Darwin Dunlap (as Robin Lord Taylor)

Diora Baird ... Kiki

Joe Hursley ... Maurice / The Ringers

Jeremy Howard ... Freaky Student

Anthony Heald ... Dean Richard Van Horne
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Rated PG-13 for language, sexual material and drug content.
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90 min
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As part of the promotion for the movie at the Comiccon in San Diego, promoters threw a huge "Welcome" party open to the public, with barbeque, beer, skateboarding demos, and a wall where people could write "subjects" they'd like to study. Justin Long and other cast members mixed in with the crowd, to the point that you couldn't pick them out. more
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Continuity: When Bartleby is about to kiss Monica in his room, he leans his head to the right. The camera then changes angles, and both Monica and him are kissing with their heads tilted to the left. more
Quotes:
Sherman Schrader: Right, you date Monica Morlan
Hoyt Ambrose: That I do
Sherman Schrader: Right, I think of her while I masturb...
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Features Halo 2 (2004) (VG) more
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Blitzkrieg Bop more

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32 out of 50 people found the following comment useful.
An off the wall college experience with lots of humor, 16 August 2006
7/10
Author: Douglas Young (the-movie-guy) from Memphis, Tennessee

(Synopsis) Graduating high school senior Bartleby "B" Gaines (Justin Long) finds himself without a college to attend. He has been able to talk and con his way out of every problem he encounters, but he hasn't been able to charm his way pass the college admissions board of eight colleges. His mom and dad are very disappointed that Bartleby hasn't been accepted into college. His parents think that if Bartleby doesn't go to college, he will have no future. Several of Bartleby's friends are in the same situation of being rejected by all the colleges they applied to. To satisfy their parents, Bartleby comes up with an idea to start his own college with an internet site. They convert an abandoned psychiatric facility into the South Harmon Institute of Technology. They will be the only students. However, the web site states that we accept anyone. On the first day of school, they unexpectedly have a large number of accepted students that were also rejected by all colleges. With a million dollars in tuition money, Bartleby must make his fake college into a functioning one. He hires Uncle Ben (Lewis Black) as the College Dean. The fun begins when they design their own curriculum, make their own rules, and party all night.

(My Comment) The premise of starting a college without a teaching staff is a little off the wall. Since it was a fake college, Bartleby really didn't need a staff. The movie reminded me of the classic movie "Animal House", the college setting, the fraternity, lots of gags, and pretty young women. These new college freshmen had a different notion of what the college experience was all about. The movie not only has lots of humor, it also has a good message for life. People should reach for their dream and create a passion for what they want to do in life and not settle for what other people want them to do. The ending was a little unrealistic, but it is only a movie. The movie was made for the young crowd to have a little fun. (Universal Pictures, Run time 1:32, Rated PG-13) (7/10)

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