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Admission

"Let someone in."

2013

1h 47m

5.6(654 votes)

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Romance

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.

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10 featured cast members

Starring

Tina Fey

Tina Fey

Portia Nathan

Ann Harada

Ann Harada

Mrs. Lafont

Ben Levin

Ben Levin

Junior Lafont

Dan Levy

Dan Levy

James

Maggie Keenan-Bolger

Girl on Tour

Gloria Reuben

Gloria Reuben

Corinne

Paul Rudd

Paul Rudd

John Pressman

Wallace Shawn

Wallace Shawn

Clarence

Elaine Kussack

Elaine Kussack

Abby

Christopher Evan Welch

Christopher Evan Welch

Brandt

Creative team

Directed by: Paul Weitz
Written by: Karen Croner
Produced by: Andrew Miano
Kerry Kohansky-Roberts

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