Reason to watch Admission: Paul Rudd
Our instant review of Admission: Omigod I love Josh! If you don’t know where that came from, we cannot help you.
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We love Tina Fey. We love Paul Rudd. We love Lily Tomlin (Tap tap! All Of Me). We love (/are) nerds. We love campus comedies. We love Wallace Shawn.
Admission, directed by Paul Weitz and written by Karen Croner, has all of the above but we don’t love it. The story is all over the place. We feel nothing for the protagonist—if Tina Fey can’t make us like her, she’s dead in the water. The conflicts aren’t real conflicts (Wala naman talaga silang problema). The director resorts to hackneyed visual gimmicks and the movie ends with a cringe-making voice-over. Just when you think the movie is steering clear of the pat resolution, the pat resolution comes flying out of the screen and goes splat on your face.
Watch Admission for Paul Rudd. Why is he so adorable?
Or skip Admission altogether and see This Is 40. He’s not as adorable in it, but the movie is hysterical!
Answers to questions you might be asking, unless you wandered onto this site purely by accident >>>
March 24th, 2013 at 15:15
http://www.vulture.com/2013/03/take-our-ageless-paul-rudd-quiz.html
take this quiz …and fail miserably. How does he do it??!!??
March 25th, 2013 at 10:41
There’s a bit in How Do You Know where Paul Rudd sings a sleazy song as he mixes a drink for Reese Witherspoon. Hilarious!
Yes, he doesn’t seem to age.
March 25th, 2013 at 12:43
Yup he’s adorale all right. Cher said so herself:
Josh: Look, I’m just curious. How many hours a day do you spend grooming yourself?
Cher: Some people are not lucky enough to be as naturally adorable as you are.
Josh: Stop it, you’re making me blush
March 25th, 2013 at 14:20
That was way harsh, Tai.
March 25th, 2013 at 21:25
It’s a full-on Monet. From far away, it’s OK, but up close, it’s a big old mess.
March 25th, 2013 at 23:26
Sayang, wala na si Tai… Wala nang mangyayaring original cast reunion…
March 26th, 2013 at 11:00
and here i thought i was the only one who watched Clueless in this joint!! loved Paul Rudd in it and his lovely grey eyes…sad about Tai though
March 27th, 2013 at 03:04
I keep seeing Michael Sheen in the credits for this movie, but nowhere to be seen in the promos! I love the dude… is he a secret plot point? Or (gasp) terrible in the movie? Why no Sheen?! :(
March 27th, 2013 at 13:53
Do pay attention. Sheen is the tweedy twit with the facial hair.
March 27th, 2013 at 23:30
Alas, I have not seen the movie. I’ve only seen Michael Sheen’s name in that quick flash of credits in the trailer promos. Hence the mystery. (But a tweedy twit role? Sigh. It’s a Sheen specialty at this point.)
March 29th, 2013 at 18:55
Having actually seen it now I have come to the conclusion that A. It is entirely possible for this to be in the Clueless universe as Rudd is still a do-gooder and Shawn is still in academia, and B. Paul Rudd is a goddamn vampire, but he can suck my, um, blood anytime.