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Straitlaced Princeton University admissions officer Portia Nathan is caught off-guard when she makes a recruiting visit to an alternative high school overseen by her former classmate, the freewheeling John Pressman. Pressman has surmised that Jeremiah, his gifted yet very unconventional student, might well be the son that Portia secretly gave up for adoption many years ago.
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Admission
There were some funny bits, some good story bits, but overall it was just messy. Felt like there were too many different story strands going on, none of which were particularly compelling.
Tina Fey and Paul Rudd had good chemistry, but not enough to carry the film anywhere above ‘mediocre’.