Admission [Blu-ray]

Have to agree with other reviewers here that some opportunity was missed. Straight A cast, but plot veered steadily into maudlin-weird- head game-y. Not cool. Watching Fey as a very straightlaced admissions officer is literally stressful; don't watch this with dinner as I did. The satire baked into the plot about all of the staff' members' predispositions towards certain candidates was well done; but from that point it descended into kind of a soup with one too many overlapping plotlines. Lily Tomlin steals the show handily from the A-list couple, and although I'd watch Paul Rudd speak with a brick wall for two hours, the chemistry isn't so electric.

This could have been a better film with all the ingredients needed, yet it fails in the end. The ending drops the ball. I expected so much more from this cast and story...

The amusing Admission is the first successful comedy of the year and a reasonable look at the admission process for an elite college--Princeton.Tina Fey as Portia and Paul Rudd as John turn in pleasant performances as an admissions executive and a progressive school teacher respectively. Rudd is amiable here and usually successful in his film career, while Fey's efforts up to now have been mediocre (Date Night, Baby Mama).As an Alumni Admissions interviewer for over 30 years at Georgetown University, I find much of the story ringing true from the overachieving candidates nurtured by ambitious parents to the underachieving but brilliant and risky individualists. Portia must struggle with the boxed-in role of continuing the Princeton tradition (read stereotypes) or breaking away to push for a student who calls himself an "autodidact" with low grades but perfect scores on achievement tests for courses he never took.Amid the plot's fierce applicant battle for a slot, Portia and John dance to the usual romantic formula of disliking each other to . . . Well, you know the drill. However, it's their reactions to the admission process that provide the authentic tension as he has developed students with independent minds, and she is used to the cookie-cutter candidates who lack the passion of those independents.Director Paul Weitz knows something about family dynamics and children with his About a Boy, In Good Company, and Little Fockers among the more obvious examples. Signing up Lily Tomlin to play Portia's feminist mom was inspired; like the ubiquitous aging Alan Arkin, Tomlin should now have plenty of work.Admission requires no small amount of sympathy for the messy business of growing up and getting ahead-Weitz navigates the vagaries of family ambition well. If the double-meaning of the title seems too precious to you, don't worry, the rest of the story is almost unambiguous.Although Admission is mostly about applicants to an upper-tier college, it also poses the unethical means some might employ to gain entrance. Even Portia is not blameless, a touch I found in the film's favor while it deals with the unreal segment of our population smart enough to be considered for admission.

Tina Fey and Paul Rudd are among my favorite comedians working today. Their teaming in "Admission" not only met but exceeded my expectations. I think a lot of the ambivalence towards the film is that it cannot easily be labeled comedy or drama. I call it life. The film is more of a vehicle for Fey with Rudd offering able support. Fey plays Portia a Princeton admissions officer at life's crossroads. Basically she is a cog in a machine that manufactures prestige but feels personally empowered because she holds the rubber stamp. Rudd plays John a teacher at an alternative school who brings to Portia's attention an unconventional student of his who on the surface isn't Princeton material but brings to the table something other applicants can't offer. John also intimates that the student may be the son she gave up for adoption eighteen years before. The maternal feelings that are lit in Portia may be influencing her decision making process as to whether John's student is worthy of consideration ergo the double meaning of the film's title. "Admission" is a freshly original film that offers a lot of food for thought. It's a smart film that assumes the intelligence of its audience. I was surprised that the curators of Princeton allowed filming there considering how critical the filmmakers view their admissions process. The film is impeccably cast with good supporting turns by Wallace Shawn, Gloria Reuben and especially Lily Tomlin who plays Portia's feminist mother. The film was met with mixed to negative reaction when released in the Spring but by my account that's probably due to dashed expectations.

I really liked this film. Funny, not too cutesy and a decent story line.

great

Nachdem mir schon der Film „About a Boy“ von Regisseur Paul Weitz gefallen hatte, war ich neugierig auf den Streifen „Admission - Zugelassen“. Ich wurde nicht enttäuscht!Die Verfilmung des Romans von Jean Hanff Korelitz funktioniert dank der charmanten und gefühlvollen Inszenierung von Paul Weitz. Mir gefällt, dass diese Liebeskomödie durchaus auch eine ernsthafte Botschaft vermittelt. Zudem kommen die Schauspieler sehr sympathisch rüber, insbesondere Tina Fey und Paul Rudd.So gerät das geordnete Leben von Portia (Tina Fey) aus der Zulassungskommission der Elite-Uni Princeton total durcheinander als sie von ihrem Ex-Schulfreund John erfährt, dass der von ihm vorgeschlagene Problemschüler Jeremiah das von ihr vor Jahren zur Adoption freigegebene Kind sein könnte!Nicht die einzige Problemlage, die da noch zu klären wäre…Fazit: ein humorvoller Film, der für einen entspannten Abend sorgt!

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With these 2 actors I thought it would be hilarious.It was OK...not a bad movie but I am glad I did not see it at the theatre. No real depth...I probably had my hopes up too much for a really funny movie. If you want to watch a movie that's fun, but not too funny - this would be a nice choice,