4.4 Score

2013 • 1h 47min • PG-13 • Comedy, Drama, Romance

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"Let someone in."

Straitlaced Princeton University admissions officer Portia Nathan is caught off-guard when she makes a recruiting visit to an alternative high school overseen by her former classmate, the freewheeling John Pressman. Pressman has surmised that Jeremiah, his gifted yet very unconventional student, might well be the son that Portia secretly gave up for adoption many years ago.

IMDb 5.7

RT 39%

MC 48

Director

Paul Weitz

Writer

Karen Croner

Composer

Stephen Trask

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Tina Fey

Portia Nathan

Ann Harada

Mrs. Lafont

Ben Levin

Junior Lafont

Dan Levy

James

Maggie Keenan-Bolger

Girl on Tour

Gloria Reuben

Corinne

Paul Rudd

John Pressman

Wallace Shawn

Clarence

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Tina Fey Portia Nathan

Ann Harada Mrs. Lafont

Ben Levin Junior Lafont

Dan Levy James

Maggie Keenan-Bolger Girl on Tour

Gloria Reuben Corinne

Paul Rudd John Pressman

Wallace Shawn Clarence

Elaine Kussack Abby

Christopher Evan Welch Brandt

Michael Genadry Ben

Juliet Brett Praying Applicant

John Brodsky Smug Kid

Camille Branton Gymnast

Sarita Choudhury Rachael

Michael Sheen Mark

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