Admissions

Admissions

2004 en 84 minutes

Rating: 4.4

Plot

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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Cast

Lauren Ambrose

Lauren Ambrose

Evie Brighton

Amy Madigan

Amy Madigan

Martha Brighton

Christopher Lloyd

Christopher Lloyd

Steward Worthy

Fran Kranz

Fran Kranz

James Parks

Taylor Roberts

Taylor Roberts

Emily Brighton

Vernee Watson-Johnson

Vernee Watson-Johnson

Stanford Interviewer

Benjamin Pratt

Benjamin Pratt

Dartmouth Interviewer

Scott Adsit

Scott Adsit

Harvard Interviewer

John Savage

John Savage

Harry Brighton

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