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Friday, August 18, 2006 12:00 AM

"Accepted"

This little comedy about college losers who start their own school is buoyant, punky late-summer fun.

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Thursday, August 17, 2006 07:36 PM

typo

College senior Bartleby Gaines (Justin Long) has been rejected from each of the seven colleges he has applied to,

Thursday, August 17, 2006 09:26 PM

Actually, if you're gonna nitpick...

He's been rejected BY the colleges.

Thursday, August 17, 2006 10:56 PM

Okay, let's really nitpick ...

He has been rejected by each of the seven colleges to which he has applied for admission.

Friday, August 18, 2006 12:42 AM

South Harmon = Sam Houston

An old joke/legend, the Sam Houston Institute of Technology.

Friday, August 18, 2006 04:29 AM

Shouldn't it be...

"high school senior," not "college senior" at the start of paragraph 2?

Friday, August 18, 2006 06:41 AM

Dude

I'm getting an Apple.

Friday, August 18, 2006 08:16 AM

Good clean fun

Subversion AND Lewis Black! No one needs more than that in this world.

Friday, August 18, 2006 08:37 AM

What? No John Hodgeman?

He could have done a great cameo as an uptight professor from the other school - would've been a great in-joke and play on those annoying Apple ads. Viva le Hodgeman!

Friday, August 18, 2006 02:01 PM

My Head Explodes In Derision...

...not delight.

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