Acceptance: Vivendi Home Entertainment
Review by JAM
Most teen dramas focus on romantic relationships or adolescent changes, with a small side of not fitting into a high school world. In Acceptance from Vivendi Home Entertainment, the emphasis is laid on the finding of a college that is right for a person rather than the typical teen dramas from years gone by. For those of us who have done the search or are in the middle of searching for our future college, we know the drama that can be involved. Now imagine it Hollywood style!
Taylor Rockefeller (Mae Whitman from Parenthood, or the voice of Tinkerbell for us animation buffs) is a high school former overachiever searching for the next step in life, which for her is going to a college she likes whichever one that may be. On the road to her acceptance, she seems to be searching for acceptance of any kind, even justifying stealing other people’s mail as a way to be accepted into their families. Her mother Nina (Joan Cusack) is looking to push her into a big name school where she learn everything possible, meet a successful husband, and become the success all mothers want for their kids. Only problem is that Nona has blinders on when it comes to success, wanting only a top school for her daughter where she can get an education and find a successful husband, especially since Taylor’s father is a bit of a deadbeat dad. The parental relationship obviously affects Taylor in a myriad of ways, causing more pressure and stress as failures and screw-ups compound.
Throw in a messed up former best friend Maya (Deepti Daryanani) and a messed up former boyfriend AP Harry (Jonathan Keltz) to go with messed up parents, mix them all together and out comes a fun little high school/college drama in which things may end up differently than we expected but might still work out for the best.
JAMS Ink on Acceptance
Acceptance is quite the quirky little drama starring a quirky mix of actors and actresses starting with the marvelous Mae Whitman. She has now become Tinkerbell to me, as whenever I see her I think of that little pixie. Having little girls around this reviewer means Tinkerbell will always be an important part of our lives, so I hope Mae knows it is a compliment to be seen as a little pixie dust toting fairy.
Kiersten Warren also plays a huge role in the movie, best known to this reviewer from Saved By The Bell: The College Years. In watching the movie in which she plays the mother of a graduating senior, I was flabbergasted to see her cast to play that age. Of course, then after consulting IMDB I found she was quite a bit older than me, though I must say she still looks like that cute sassy college student she portrayed alongside Zach Morris (Mark-Paul Gosselaar).
Joan Cusack is amazing even as a train-wreck of a mother. So many movies, often with her brother John, and she is the type of actress that can control a scene without being the main star and this movie is no different. Her facial expressions have always been top-notch especially as the majority of her characters are just a bit off.
Funny little coincidence… Rob Mayes who plays Justin Smelling, the perfect SAT kid in Acceptance was in what movie that JAM has reviewed this last year??? If you guessed Ice Castles from back in February 2010, you have studied my reviews way too much. LOL
EXTRAS
None
Acceptance from Vivendi Home Entertainment is sent onto shelves on July 27, 2010.
ACCEPTANCE
Street Date: July 27, 2010
U.S. Rating: NR
Total Run Time: 88 minutes
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