Admissions (2004)

US:: PG Drama

A gifted high-school student flubs her college admissions interviews for the most unexpected reasons in this independent coming-of-age drama. Cynical, world-weary Evie is more interested in taking care of her family than getting into the Ivy League institutions for which she seems destined. Dad Harry spends all his time building model trains in the basement, while workaholic mom Martha depends on Evie to take care of her other daughter, developmentally challenged Emily. When she's not busy reading poetry to her sister Emily, Evie hangs out with James (Fran Kranz), the sensitive boy next door, whose romantic overtures prove too confusing to acknowledge. College also seems too daunting, so Evie deliberately blows one university interview after another in the hopes of staying at home as her sister's keeper. Meanwhile, Evie begins passing off her own poems as Emily's, fuelling the belief that her brain-damaged sister is actually a literary savant.

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2004-10-16

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Runtime: 84 mins Rating: 5.5

Cast

Christopher Lloyd

Steward Worthy

Amy Madigan

Martha Brighton

John Savage

Harry Brighton

Fran Kranz

James Parks

Lauren Ambrose

Evie Brighton

Scott Adsit

Harvard Interviewer

Vernee Watson-Johnson

Stanford Interviewer

Taylor Roberts

Emily Brighton

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Crew

Sheila Jaffe

Casting

Brian Presley

Executive Producer

Robert Frazen

Editor

Joyce Schweickert

Executive Producer

Melissa Painter

Director

Paul Ryan

Director of Photography

Dawn O'Leary

Screenplay

Annette Vait

Producer

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