Admission

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Tina Fey and Paul Rudd in Admission (2013)

A Princeton admissions officer who is up for a major promotion takes a professional risk after she meets a college-bound alternative school kid who just might be the son she gave up years ago in a secret adoption

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A Princeton admissions officer who is up for a major promotion takes a professional risk after she meets a college-bound alternative school kid who just might be the son she gave up years ag... Read allA Princeton admissions officer who is up for a major promotion takes a professional risk after she meets a college-bound alternative school kid who just might be the son she gave up years ago in a secret adoption.A Princeton admissions officer who is up for a major promotion takes a professional risk after she meets a college-bound alternative school kid who just might be the son she gave up years ago in a secret adoption.

Director
- Paul Weitz
Writers
- Karen Croner
- Jean Hanff Korelitz
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IMDb RATING

5.7/10

37K

YOUR RATING

Director
- Paul Weitz
Writers
- Karen Croner
- Jean Hanff Korelitz
Stars

See production info at IMDbPro

Videos17

Trailer 2:32

U.S. Version #1

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Admission: Mom, It's Me

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Admission: Room For One More

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Admission: Nothing Improper Is Going On

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Admission: Am I Screwing It Up?

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Trivia
Portia's mother Susannah (played by Lily Tomlin), has an art piece on her wall showing a fish riding a bike. This is in reference to Irina Dunn's quote "A woman needs a man like a fish needs a bicycle", later popularized by Gloria Steinem. This is thrown in to show Susannah's feminist views. She also quotes Erica Jong at one point.

Goofs
When someone tells Jeremiah to tuck in his shirt he does, but it varies inconsistently between untucked and tucked-in in subsequent shots.

Quotes
Jeremiah: I read everything. I read biographies, mainly because I didn't know how other people live their lives. I think my variations reading came from a deep longing for something that was missing. I was searching for someone, for my story. To not feel so alone.

Connections
Featured in Maltin on Movies: Pacific Rim (2013)

Soundtracks
2-Part Invention #1 in C. BWV 772
Written by Johann Sebastian Bach
Performed by Christy Carew

User reviews111

Featured review

6/10

A movie that is worth watching & has a lot of heart but isn't as funny as I was expecting from a Fey/Rudd pairing. I say B.

"You may have built schools in third world countries and cleaned contaminated water from villages but you have never tried to get a kid into Princeton." Portia Nathan (Fey) is an admission counselor for Princeton who is in line for a huge promotion. Everything is going her way until she travels to a new school to check out an applicant. While there she meets John Pressman (Rudd) with some interesting news about who she has come to see. Going in I was expecting nothing but hilariousness. Tiny Fey & Paul Rudd together how can you go wrong I thought. While I do have to say that I enjoyed the movie this was not nearly as funny as I was expecting. The movie had the feel of some of the new Judd Apatow movies, lot of heart but not as laugh-out-loud funny as I was going for. I'm not saying this isn't good, it is worth watching but don't go in like I did and expect nothing but wall to wall funny. Overall, a movie that I did like but wasn't as funny as I was thinking it was going to be. I give it a B.