A high school slacker who's rejected by every school he applies to opts to create his own institution of higher learning, the South Harmon Institute of Technology, on a rundown piece of property near his hometown.
If you can lighten up for an hour and a half, the film delivers one good laugh after another.
– Peter Hartlaub,
San Francisco Chronicle,
18 Aug 2006
rotten:
Go right ahead and skip this one at the Cineplex. You've got my word: It won't be on the final.
– Joanne Kaufman,
Wall Street Journal,
18 Aug 2006
rotten:
Even though it outright plagiarizes many plot points and gags of that generational classic, Accepted can't make the leap from contrived to genuine comedy.
– Ted Fry,
Seattle Times,
18 Aug 2006
rotten:
Here's the final mystery about Accepted: Why title a movie that so readily invites the headline Rejected as a critical riposte?
– Peter Howell,
Toronto Star,
19 Aug 2006
rotten:
Even the characters in the movie are saying at the beginning, 'This is crazy. This will never work.' And I'm like, you know what? You're right. It never will. Not for one second. Even in a whacky comedy like this.