Synopsis
Tina Fey and Paul Rudd star in this college-set comedy from About A Boy director Paul Weitz.
Fey stars as Portia Nathan, a dedicated Princeton admissions officer whose orderly life is upended when she reconnects with a free-spirited former classmate, played by Rudd. Their paths cross through an extraordinary student who just might change both of their lives. With a cast that also includes Michael Sheen, Lily Tomlin, and Brian d’Arcy James, Admission blends sharp humour with touching insights into family, ambition, and the surprises that come when we step outside the rules.
Review
“Deftly playing Tina Fey‘s feminist-icon mother, Lily Tomlin all but steals Admission, a knowing but uneven comedy about the neuroticism of the college-admission process on both sides of the equation. The foibles of supposedly intelligent adult characters cause humor to erupt at odd moments throughout this quasi-farcical look at high-end academia.”
Hollywood Reporter