Accepted (2006)

The idea for this movie is original. The unfolding of the plot took me by surprise in a good way. Overall this film has a positive hopeful vibe to it. It targeted at a younger crowd, but you can be entertained if you have an open mind. Not perfect but you will want to watch it from start to finish as it is funny and different.

There are characters in movies that I immediately identify with and I must admit Bartleby Gaines is one of them. I felt the same pang of recognition as when I watched Jimmy Rabbitte organize his Soul Music Band in Dublin, Ireland in 'The Commitments', or when I watched the little shoeshine boy challenge The Cincinnati Kid to a game of pitching pennies at the end of that movie. 'Hey, that's like me!' or 'Yeah! That's like something I would do!' The truth is 'winging it' has its limitations and sooner or later every student of this subject must eventually pay the piper, no matter how artistic or expert he becomes with this form of discipline. But we true believers of the Faith love it when we see anyone confront a difficult situation with spontaneous creativity rather than the rules or guidelines that come out of some standard textbook. Any artistically inclined person easily relates to the type of creative energy and thinking outside of the box that proves to be Bartleby Gaines' forte. While also appreciating how such aptitudes when not properly supervised can lead to the ill gotten gains of the Confidence Artist amongst others.This movie has lots of nice bits of business in it that brought to mind Robert Donat's improvised speech while on the run from the long arm of the Law in 'The Thirtynine Steps' or Bill Murray's declaration in the middle of the movie 'Quick Change' when he stumbles into a den of thieves and states 'We came for the MONEY!'. You can't help but root for Bartleby and his gang of college rejects as they work the system on behalf of rejects everywhere.Some people love to uphold and defend the Status Quo and other folks are born and bred to defy it. This film lightly explores the uneasy tension between these two groups with often hilarious results. The premise may seem improbable, but I seem to remember when some upstarts seeking the rights and privileges of titled gentlemen and freedom from the Royal Elite thought they could take on the whole of the British Empire and win out. We all know what happened to them. I think all this occurred in some backwater on the East Coast of North America centuries ago.Anyway, the concepts of inclusion and exclusion, inculcating learning to serve the needs of the society at large through authoritarian means and tailoring learning to serve the needs of the individual and the soul on a non-authoritarian basis, are played upon in the scatological vein for laughs and touches upon some interesting insights without putting a damper on any of the fun. There are even a couple of wry nods made to the principles of 'Teaching With Love and Logic' although if you blink you'll miss them.The ending comes across as the adolescent's version of 'Mister Smith Goes to Washington', but I think I've said enough. You'll either go with the premise of this wacky College Comedy or write it off as infantile hogwash.I have a warm sense of amusement inside every time I think of this movie myself.

Bartleby Gaines (Justin Long) is a high school slacker schemer. He is rejected by every college. And his parents won't give him the college money so he comes up with a plan. He and various college reject friends start up their own fake college. Only the website is so real that all kind of people show up after being accepted. Now they have to fake a college for real.Justin Long is his jittery self. Jonah Hill is still fat at the time. Blake Lively is the hot dream girl. The premise is stupid stretched thin to insulting. There are a few good laughs, but it's not enough. The movie just runs out of gas.

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.