Accepted (2006)
Directed by Steve Pink
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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Debuting director Steve Pink wrote the screenplays for the John Cusack films "Grosse Pointe Blank" and "High Fidelity," both of which are fairly sophisticated bits of scribesmanship.
Steve Pink, who wrote "High Fidelity" and "Grosse Pointe Blank," makes his directorial debut, and he makes the most of what looks like maybe a $3 million budget.
In his directorial debut, Steve Pink--best known for co-writing comedies such as High Fidelity and Grosse Pointe Blank --understands this and hits most of the right beats.
And here's a strange little note: Accepted marks the directorial debut of Steve Pink, frequent John Cusack collaborator and co-screenwriter on both Grosse Pointe Blank and High Fidelity.
Steve Pink, John Cusack's writing partner on Grosse Pointe Blank and High Fidelity , makes his directorial debut with Accepted, a flat comedy based on a flimsy premise and filled out with the usual "snowballing lie" plot, climaxing in the "rousing speech."
Debuting director Steve Pink wrote the screenplays for the John Cusack films "Grosse Pointe Blank" and "High Fidelity," both of which are fairly sophisticated bits of scribesmanship.
Steve Pink, who wrote "High Fidelity" and "Grosse Pointe Blank," makes his directorial debut, and he makes the most of what looks like maybe a $3 million budget.
In his directorial debut, Steve Pink--best known for co-writing comedies such as High Fidelity and Grosse Pointe Blank --understands this and hits most of the right beats.
Pink has proven himself capable of comedy before, with writing credits that include “High Fidelity” and “Grosse Point Blank” – which is actually quite ideal considering Long isn’t far from becoming this generation’s John Cusack – and it’s obvious that he hasn’t lost his touch.
And here's a strange little note: Accepted marks the directorial debut of Steve Pink, frequent John Cusack collaborator and co-screenwriter on both Grosse Pointe Blank and High Fidelity.
Steve Pink, John Cusack's writing partner on Grosse Pointe Blank and High Fidelity , makes his directorial debut with Accepted, a flat comedy based on a flimsy premise and filled out with the usual "snowballing lie" plot, climaxing in the "rousing speech."
Video-based supplements include: "Adam's Accepted Chronicles" (11 mins.), an interminable mockumentary about Herschman that, like most of these ironic vanity pieces, portrays its subject as a prima donna; "Reject Rejection: The Making of Accepted" (10 mins.), an EPK in which producer Tom Shadyac (of Dragonfly and Bruce Almighty fame) bemoans institutionalized learning by claiming that "flaws of the system...stifle creativity," which would probably be a lot easier to swallow if the movie he commissioned to promote educational alternatives consisted of auto-didacts as opposed to resourceful slackers; an interactive "Self-Guided Campus Tour" with nested featurettes on the Half Pipe, Pool, BRE Fraternity, Party Hall, and Common Room; a montage of skateboard outtakes ("Hangin' on the Half Pipe"); the video for "Keepin' Your Head Up" by The Ringers; a 13-minute block of Deleted Scenes, many of which are extended or alternate versions of scenes already in the film; a censored, 8-minute "Gag Reel Presented by Volksw…
Video-based supplements include: "Adam's Accepted Chronicles" (11 mins.), an interminable mockumentary about Herschman that, like most of these ironic vanity pieces, portrays its subject as a prima donna; "Reject Rejection: The Making of Accepted" (10 mins.), an EPK in which producer Tom Shadyac (of Dragonfly and Bruce Almighty fame) bemoans institutionalized learning by claiming that "flaws of the system...stifle creativity," which would probably be a lot easier to swallow if the movie he commissioned to promote educational alternatives consisted of auto-didacts as opposed to resourceful slackers; an interactive "Self-Guided Campus Tour" with nested featurettes on the Half Pipe, Pool, BRE Fraternity, Party Hall, and Common Room; a montage of skateboard outtakes ("Hangin' on the Half Pipe"); the video for "Keepin' Your Head Up" by The Ringers; a 13-minute block of Deleted Scenes, many of which are extended or alternate versions of scenes already in the film; a censored, 8-minute "Gag Reel Presented by Volksw…