Movie

Admission

2013 · 107 min

A gentle, character-driven dramedy that balances warm humor with quiet emotional moments, easy to watch and mildly thought-provoking.

Tagline: Let someone in.
Overview: Straitlaced Princeton University admissions officer Portia Nathan is caught off-guard when she makes a recruiting visit to an alternative high school overseen by her former classmate, the freewheeling John Pressman. Pressman has surmised that Jeremiah, his gifted yet very unconventional student, might well be the son that Portia secretly gave up for adoption many years ago.
How it feels: Warm, earnest, light and melancholic. Measured and easy to follow.
About: Identity, family, parenthood, love
Content: Mild sexual content and language. No violence or gore.
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Tone: warmstrength 2 of 3
earneststrength 2 of 3
lightstrength 1 of 3
melancholicstrength 1 of 3
Pacing: measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: identity
family
parenthood
love
work
Places: school
big city
countryside
Era: contemporary
Audience: teen
Form: None
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence none
Sex mild