Admission

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Admission

PG-13

Released Mar 22, 2013

1h 57m

Comedy

Drama

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When straight-laced Princeton University admissions officer Portia Nathan (Tina Fey) pays a recruiting visit to an alternative high school, she receives some news that catches her way off-guard. John Pressman (Paul Rudd), head of the school and Portia's former college classmate, has surmised that his student, Jeremiah, is the son that Portia secretly gave up for adoption. Portia puts her career at risk by bending the rules for Jeremiah but also discovers a life and romance she never imagined.

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Critics Consensus

Admission has a pair of immensely likable leads in Tina Fey and Paul Rudd, but it wastes them on a contrived (and clumsily directed) screenplay.

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Anna Smith

metro.co.uk

Portia is in many ways a typical [Tina] Fey character but the unfunny and clichéd script too often reminds us this is no 30 Rock.

Rated: 2/5

Sep 5, 2017

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Jason Bailey

Flavorwire

It is neither a broad comedy nor a dopey rom-com; it's actually, surprisingly enough, a seriocomic drama in something resembling the Alexander Payne mold, a slightly eccentric examination of flawed people doing their very best.

Jun 21, 2016

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Wesley Morris

Grantland

At the heart of the problem with this movie are matters of logic and cogency.

Jan 3, 2014

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Richard Propes

TheIndependentCritic.com

If Admission had become an edgier film, I have a strange feeling that we'd be watching yet another really great Tina Fey comedy.

Rated: 2.5/4.0

Sep 1, 2020

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Brian D. Johnson

Maclean's Magazine

Despite the formulaic structure-every character is a type, paired off with his or her textbook opposite-there's a whiff of inside-baseball realism to the its detailed portrait of the university admissions process...

Aug 14, 2019

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Allen Adams

The Maine Edge

Admission has some funny moments and it has some poignant moments. Unfortunately, the film never seems quite able to determine what its focus should be. This results in a movie that never quite clicks.

Rated: 2/5

Feb 20, 2019

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Stephen C

Funny in 1 hour and 57 minutes!!!!!!!! Rated PG-13 for Some Sexual Material and Language!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! The USA grossed over $18,000,000.00!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Starring Tina Fey as Portia Nathan!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

06/30/25

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Dana H

This was one of the flattest, most go-nowhere, boring movies I ever saw. More proof that big actors have bills that need to be paid!

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

12/17/23

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Qasim R

Movie is not that bad.I personally liked it.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

08/21/23

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m o

Typical feel good movie, but shows how important is to choose with your heart and not to be so judgmental with everyone

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

03/31/23

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Resistakill

I love watching Tina Fey work her magic! Paul Rudd acts well, also. It's nice to watch a movie and not be worried something from the "woke" generation is going to be put in. I'll probably need to update this review in the future, since I haven't seen this as recently as I meant to.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

11/16/22

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Rosana B

Completamente apaixonada, um romance fofo, atípico, pessoas estranhas, personagens peculiares, adoro, identifico me, os dramas me emocionam, solidão, abandono, adoção, relações pais e filhos, muito sentimento envolvido, de forma leve e divertida, os diálogos ágeis e perspicazes, apaixonadíssima, é sobre isso, felicidade nas pequenas coisas, ser você mesmo, dar o melhor de si, sem perder sua essência… Deixou meu coração tão quentinho, chorei até...

Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars

10/09/22

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Michael Sheen

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Admission: Official Clip - I'm Your Mother

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Admission: Official Clip - You Are a Kid

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Admission: Official Clip - To Not Feel So Alone

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Admission: Official Clip - Are You Johnny's Girlfriend?

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Admission: Official Clip - I Have Something to Ask You

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Admission: Official Clip - The Disappointments of My Life

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Admission: Official Clip - I Had a Mastectomy

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Admission: Official Clip - Students That Will Change The World

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Admission: Official Clip - Nothing Improper Going On

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Admission: Official Clip - I'm Leaving You

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Synopsis

When straight-laced Princeton University admissions officer Portia Nathan (Tina Fey) pays a recruiting visit to an alternative high school, she receives some news that catches her way off-guard. John Pressman (Paul Rudd), head of the school and Portia's former college classmate, has surmised that his student, Jeremiah, is the son that Portia secretly gave up for adoption. Portia puts her career at risk by bending the rules for Jeremiah but also discovers a life and romance she never imagined.

Director: Paul Weitz
Producer: Paul Weitz, Kerry Kohansky-Roberts, Andrew Miano
Screenwriter: Karen Croner
Distributor: Focus Features
Production Co: Depth of Field
Rating: PG-13 (Some Sexual Material|Language)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Mar 22, 2013, Wide
Release Date (Streaming): Feb 4, 2014
Box Office (Gross USA): $18.0M
Runtime: 1h 57m
Sound Mix: Datasat, Dolby

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