Accepted
Universal Pictures | Release Date: August 18, 2006 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
47
METASCORE
Mixed or average reviews based on 27 Critic Reviews
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5
Mixed:
19
Negative:
3
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Critic scorePublicationBy date
83
Portland OregonianM. E. Russell
It's one of the few genuinely funny comedies in a dismal movie summer. Read full review
75
San Francisco ChroniclePeter Hartlaub
If you can lighten up for an hour and a half, the film delivers one good laugh after another. Read full review
70
VarietyJustin Chang
Sweetly amusing, gently anarchic and never mean-spirited. Read full review
67
Entertainment WeeklyScott Brown
Accepted's winning dumbness and breezy bons mots save it from the pit. Read full review
63
Boston GlobeTy Burr
Low of brow and pure of heart, the movie plays like "Animal House" extra-lite, and as such it's decent indecent fun. Read full review
60
The Hollywood ReporterMichael Rechtshaffen
After a very funny start, there just isn't enough content to fill the feature-length curriculum. Read full review
60
SalonStephanie Zacharek
An absurd little trifle, but it does have a kind of buoyant, punky energy. Read full review
60
Film ThreatPete Vonder Haar
How much you join in will depend on how big a fan you are of the collegiate comedy formula, how many times you've seen "Animal House" and "Caddyshack," and how much you hate Long in those smarmy Mac commercials. Read full review
50
Village VoiceScott Foundas
Accepted is an inspired premise in search of a movie: What starts out as a scabrous takedown of academic bureaucracy ends up yet another modestly rousing underdog story about the little slacker that could. Read full review
50
The A.V. ClubKeith Phipps
The ideal viewer of Accepted probably won't have seen any college comedies before. Or any slobs-vs.-snobs movies like "Caddyshack." For those who have, it's kind of a snore. Read full review
50
PremiereEthan Alter
One could argue that you shouldn't expect a teen comedy to offer a nuanced depiction of the role of education in public life, but in response I'd refer you to "Election" and "Clueless." Read full review
50
The New York TimesNathan Lee
Accepted will make for a passable alternative to sold-out shows of "Snakes on a Plane," but it's a disappointing debut for the director Steve Pink. Read full review
50
USA TodayClaudia Puig
Mostly, it wallows in partying with a capital P. Read full review
50
Chicago ReaderJ.R. Jones
Sublimely stupid. Read full review
50
Chicago TribuneMichael Phillips
A mildly funny PG-13 effort that is just dying to release an R- or unrated DVD version of itself. That way all the pool party sequences can lay off the false modesty. Read full review
50
New York Daily NewsElizabeth Weitzman
Like its underachieving protagonist, Steve Pink's teen comedy Accepted flashes just enough charm to get by but is too lazy to really make anything of itself. Read full review
50
Miami HeraldRene Rodriguez
Even if you're willing to overlook the preposterous plot holes in its premise, Accepted pushes its luck in its final half-hour. Read full review
50
Philadelphia InquirerCarrie Rickey
Paradoxically fast-talking and laid back, Long's Bartleby appears to be the illegitimate child of Groucho Marx and Ferris Bueller, one whose schemes are far more impressive than his deeds. Read full review
50
Baltimore SunChris Kaltenbach
While I have no problem with slackers making me laugh, when they start preaching, that's when my ears close and my eyes roll. Read full review
50
The Globe and Mail (Toronto)Stephen Cole
The humour in Accepted is maddeningly safe. Read full review
50
TV Guide MagazineMaitland McDonagh
If all this were anarchically funny, its shambling idiocy could be forgiven. Read full review
42
Seattle Post-IntelligencerSean Axmaker
Has neither the raucous energy and impudence of "Animal House," the defiance of "If ...," nor the grace and wit of "Harold and Kumar Go to White Castle." Read full review
40
Washington PostAdriane Quinlan
Take the cast of 1978's "Animal House" and 1984's "Revenge of the Nerds," toss them on a desert island, watch them breed and enroll their raucous, kvetching offspring at a college for rejects. A fluffy teen comedy, Accepted gets annoying fast. Read full review
40
EmpireSimon Braund
Mildly amusing at best and a criminal waste of a great concept. Read full review
30
Wall Street JournalJoanne Kaufman
Go right ahead and skip this one at the Cineplex. You've got my word: It won't be on the final.
20
Austin ChronicleBrian Clark
It's an obvious nod to "Rock 'n' Roll High School" that mostly serves as a grim reminder of how far comedies about the education system have fallen. Read full review
12
New York PostKyle Smith
A campus comedy that's as dull as bong water, Accepted is like the product of a community college filmmaking class, remedial division. Read full review
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