Admissions (2004)
84 min
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.
- Data de estreia
- 16 de outubro de 2004
- País de origem
- Estados Unidos
Elenco
- Lauren Ambrose como Evie Brighton
- Amy Madigan como Martha Brighton
- Christopher Lloyd como Stewart Worthy
- Fran Kranz como James Parks
- Taylor Roberts como Emily Brighton
- John Savage como Harry Brighton
- Vernée Watson como Stanford Interviewer
- Benjamin Pratt como Dartmouth Interviewer
- Scott Adsit como Harvard Interviewer
- Aleksa Palladino como Amherst Interviewer
Equipe
- Melissa Painter · Diretor(a)
- Dawn O'Leary · Roteirista
- Annette Vait · Produtor(a)
- Martin Tillman · Compositor(a)
- Paul Ryan · Diretor(a) de fotografia
- Robert Frazen · Editor(a)
- Sheila Jaffe · Diretor(a) de elenco
- Meg Morman · Diretor(a) de elenco
- Georgianne Walken · Diretor(a) de elenco
- Aradhana Seth · Diretor(a) de arte