Courtesy of Focus Features
Tina Fey and Paul Rudd’s new comedy, “Admission,” hits theaters on Friday, March 22, 2013.
Tina Fey and Paul Rudd’s new comedy, “Admission,” hits theaters on Friday, March 22, 2013. (Courtesy of Focus Features)
We all remember the second semester of our senior year of high school, the time when our futures were decided when we received either a thick or thin envelope in the mail.
College admissions is something we all, perhaps painfully so, are familiar with.
In Tina Fey and Paul Rudd’s new comedy “Admission,” director Paul Weitz explores the murky waters of Ivy League acceptance while stringing together a charming love story in the process.
During the film’s New York press day, the three sat down along with co-star Nat Wolff to touch on the movie’s themes and talk about their own college admission experiences.
“I think I just showed up,” Rudd said when asked how he ended up at the University of Kansas, his alma mater. “I must have filled out a form somewhere along the me.'”
Even with the comedic chops of Fey and Rudd, “Admission” jumps between being a comedy and drama. Director Paul Weitz claims that the film acts as a commentary on the admission process as a structure.
“I really like that these characters are all in the structure, Tina’s is a major part of it while Paul is fighting his way out of it,” Weitz said. “I personally don’t think it matters where you go to college but instead who you come across when you’re