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Accepted

Accepted

Comedy · 2006

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.

Movie details

Accepted

“When every college turned them down. . . they made one up.”

2006 Comedy 1h 33m

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6.5 / 10

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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.

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Names above the title

The people responsible.

Directed by

Steve Pink

Written by

Bill Collage · Adam Cooper · Mark Perez

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Bartleby Gaines

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Court is in session

Put Accepted on trial.

Two incompatible taste archetypes. One film. Read the arguments, then issue a completely binding cultural ruling.

The defence The Popcorn Loyalist

“It owes the canon nothing.”

The movie pursues immediacy and audience pleasure without begging institutions to certify its worth.

The prosecution The Big-Idea Head

“Easy pleasure, short half-life.”

It moves efficiently through the moment but offers little reason to keep arguing once the credits end.