Tina Fey stars in this film that has a central theme of looking beyond the academics to search out who should be admitted to the Ivy League college of Princeton.
Lily Tomlin is at first completely unrecognizable in the film due to the fact of father time. I knew it was her from her voice. As the free-spirited mother, she is an absolute scene stealer in this movie.
There are so many themes in this film as well. Fey, as an academic adviser, goes through rejection when her live-in mate, an English professor at the school, leaves her for a member of the English Department who is now pregnant from him.
Paul Rudd is quite good as the guy from the agricultural school who pushes for a student's admission despite his questionable academic ratings. He does this with the idea that the applicant is Fey's illegitimate son that she had given up years before.
Though Rudd and Fey find love in the end, there are disappointments as to the real parents of the student. The film tells us to take into consideration the total child-love for learning, and potential when pushed.
Lily Tomlin is at first completely unrecognizable in the film due to the fact of father time. I knew it was her from her voice. As the free-spirited mother, she is an absolute scene stealer in this movie.
There are so many themes in this film as well. Fey, as an academic adviser, goes through rejection when her live-in mate, an English professor at the school, leaves her for a member of the English Department who is now pregnant from him.
Paul Rudd is quite good as the guy from the agricultural school who pushes for a student's admission despite his questionable academic ratings. He does this with the idea that the applicant is Fey's illegitimate son that she had given up years before.
Though Rudd and Fey find love in the end, there are disappointments as to the real parents of the student. The film tells us to take into consideration the total child-love for learning, and potential when pushed.