Fantastic!

A brilliant film that helped define a genre

It is not only a funny movie, but it allows a great amount of joy for anyone who watches it.

The movie is wonderful and true, an act of love in all its contradictions and complexity

Accepted (2006): Dir: Steve Pink / Cast: Justin Long, Blake Lively, Anthony Heald, Jonah Hill, Lewis Black: Stupid absurd comedy about those unable to find their place within society. Justin Long is rejected by eight colleges so within the heat of parental pressure he and his friends create their own college. Unfortunately their Internet web page gains more notice than intended as others begin to show up. Rushed premise with predictable structure as Long struggles to sideline his parents and other authority regarding the school, which leads to a ridiculous and forgettable climax. It has none of the humour or spirit that made National Lampoon's Animal House successful. Director Steve Pink tries for innovation but he is basically shooting a script totally devoid of humour. Long is hardly sympathetic and his big moral speech in the conclusion isn't needed. Blake Lively plays the typical hot chick whom Long will eventually impress. Anthony Heald plays the dean of an opposing college but the role is lifeless and standard. Jonah Hill plays Long's best friend who steals moments but not enough. Lewis Black is the one funny performance as the fake dean but unfortunately there is not enough of him, and there is way too much of everybody else. Its education theme is bogus and completely dries up any potential for humour that it might have had. Instead it is a film that should be accepted by no one. Score: 2 / 10

The story's basic premise is actually quite nice, although it turns out to be so very predictable. As another comedy about a lie going all too elaborate, it's on the viewers' head that B would make a fake college and continue on with it as soon as the scene shows him scanning the letter for the Harmon logo. The only things left to keep viewers curious and interested are how they will materialize. It's quite funny to see that the sort of 'crew' this kind of comedy usually has is comprised of quite a varied background but with one similarity, they all get rejected to college. The building arrives also quite predictably; I guessed it would either be a mental hospital or a prison. The rest unravels just as other comedies do, so this movie doesn't offer any new thing on that regard. The acting side is another standard overall. What's funny to notice is that Kellan Lutz acted out one of his first performances here.

Seriously,i decided to watch a movie to get some laughs and chill and i bumped into this.After reading some reviews i decided to give it a go with the expectation this movie to be at least as half as good the reviews demonstrated.However to my bad luck i realised i just wasted 93 minutes of my life that i,unfortunately,cannot take back ever again.The movie is totally unrealistic.There isn't any character development,the ending is predictable and i am sure that this movie will remind you of many others.Logic isn't here.Neither is humor.I really recommend this movie to anyone who wants to give end to his miserable life and doesn't know why.

Bartleby is a fun loving slacker who gets turned down for every college he applies for, much to the annoyance of his expectant parents.So, he creates the South Harmon Institute of Technology, and lo and behold, he is accepted.However, his parents want to see the website, the campus, and the dean. So now he has his friend Sherman build a web page, they lease out an abandoned psychiatric hospital, and they hire Sherman's uncle Ben to be the dean.The web page was done so well, that hundreds of students show up at the front door, all of which were turned down by other colleges.Faced with no choice, Bartleby decides to proceed with turning South Harmon into a real college......Never really had any intention of seeing this movie, but it was a real treat and harks back to the high school movies of the eighties.Long is great as always and reminds one of Cusack in movies like better off dead and the sure thing. The rest of the cast are okay, but really have nothing on Long.It loses its pace toward the end, what with all the speeches about equality, and the posh school grates after a while, but with films like this, we always need a bad guy, and we always need a heart warming speech.well worth seeing though