Synopsis: A high school student who wants to go to Stanford to study to become a writer gets rejected because someone else's transcript was sent as his. He tries to revert the situation, causing a lot of turmoil.
Appraisal: This film is the perfect example of an eulogy of mediocrity. It has a self-referential structure -- the character's short story is the film itself -- which no doubt means that its screenwriter is happy to write mediocre stuff like this film. In fact, the script could have been written by a computer program -- everything is predictable and uninspired, although it rarely gets to be really annoying. Stanford should probably sue this movie as it portrays its students and staff as morons; it also suggests that this university will provide admissions for money -- a notion that, applying to American universities in general, seems to be very widespread and that, although I have never seen it denied, I could never be sure whether it is openly admitted or not.
Rating: 37
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