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Washington Post | Adriane QuinlanAdd Critic to Favorites

Take the cast of 1978's "Animal House" and 1984's "Revenge of the Nerds," toss them on a desert island, watch them breed and enroll their raucous, kvetching offspring at a college for rejects. A fluffy teen comedy, Accepted gets annoying fast.Read the full review

USA Today | Claudia PuigAdd Critic to Favorites

Mostly, it wallows in partying with a capital P.Read the full review

Wall Street Journal | Joanne KaufmanAdd Critic to Favorites

Go right ahead and skip this one at the Cineplex. You've got my word: It won't be on the final.Read the full review

Variety | Justin ChangAdd Critic to Favorites

Sweetly amusing, gently anarchic and never mean-spirited.Read the full review

The Onion (A.V. Club) | Keith PhippsAdd Critic to Favorites

The ideal viewer of Accepted probably won't have seen any college comedies before. Or any slobs-vs.-snobs movies like "Caddyshack." For those who have, it's kind of a snore.Read the full review

The Hollywood Reporter | Michael RechtshaffenAdd Critic to Favorites

After a very funny start, there just isn't enough content to fill the feature-length curriculum.Read the full review

The New York Times | Nathan LeeAdd Critic to Favorites

Accepted will make for a passable alternative to sold-out shows of "Snakes on a Plane," but it's a disappointing debut for the director Steve Pink.Read the full review

San Francisco Chronicle | Peter HartlaubAdd Critic to Favorites

If you can lighten up for an hour and a half, the film delivers one good laugh after another.Read the full review

Entertainment Weekly | Scott BrownAdd Critic to Favorites

Accepted's winning dumbness and breezy bons mots save it from the pit.Read the full review

Boston Globe | Ty BurrAdd Critic to Favorites

Low of brow and pure of heart, the movie plays like "Animal House" extra-lite, and as such it's decent indecent fun.Read the full review

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