A very good, refreshing and lighthearted comedy that has a good point.

The movie is not realistic at all. There is no way in this world that somebody who didn't get accept anywhere would bother with creating a new school, there are other options after all such as community colleges and trade school, plus it would never work. But the thing is that movies don't have to be realistic. As long as they are fun and bring a message and this movie does it.

It is not the usual college comedy. It isn't all about sex and profanity (not that I am against such kind of a comedy but it is always fun to see something different). It has a very positive and clever humor.

The cast is great as well. I liked Justin Long, Jonah Hill and it was great to see Leis Black. Although since this movie is not R rated he couldn't be at his best. Actors who are not as well known as these three were also a good collection. Jeremy Howard especially stood out.

And I liked the message of the movie. It criticizes the obsession with traditional education. Which is not the best for everybody and often takes away from people the ability of self discovery. It is also very bureaucratic and doesn't always make sense. Like when Monica (Black Liveley) who majors in photography says that she can't take classes that are not part of her major (even though they are about photography as well). This fake college offers that self discovery to students ho are very much outcasts of the society (there is a guy with ADD, a stripper a creepy guy etc). I think the only problem with the movie was that they really dumbed down the college program. Instead having classes like "daydreaming" which is a total nonsense they could have been more creative. They still could have things like skating or rock'n roll and no traditional math/chemistry etc classes, but they could have more useful creative ideas. Something like "exploring the nature around you", "inventing of new recipes" etc. etc.

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.

I actually watched an advance preview of this film in Hollywood. I had to lie about my age to get in and pretend to be a few years younger than I actually was.

So the film was aimed at the more younger market, the kids that liked the American Pie films although Accepted tries to be less raunchy and more cerebral. The main plot revolves around a group of wannabe college students who create their own fake college called the South Harmon Institute of Technology (SHIT) after being rejected from all the universities for which they applied to. Lewis Black, an unconventional teacher is roped in to act as the Dean whilst the Dean of a real college, played by Anthony Heald is their nemesis.

The plot might be far-fetched but Justin Long and the leads have charm and likability. They are giving rejected students a chance to get further education and soon realise that they have a real college with real education to give. Lewis Black gives life lessons and although it lacks the bawdiness of the American Pie films, it is sporadically amusing and is amiable enough but not rip roaring funny.