A Princeton admissions officer who is up for a major promotion takes a professional risk after she meets a college-bound alternative school kid who just might be the son she gave up years ago in a secret adoption.
Admission is disappointing rather than disastrous but it's desperately lacking in spark and individuality.
Marooned between comedy and drama.
Occasionally charming but mostly bland fare from Weitz, despite the reliable cast. About A Boy remains the best showcase of his talents.
This is the last thing fans of Fey will want to pay to see.
What we need is a feature project written by and starring Fey and Poehler.
You wonder how anything that stars Fey and Rudd and Wallace Shawn and Lily Tomlin (as her rad-fem mother) could fail, but it does, and abjectly.
Romantic and family complications ensue but nothing especially memorable or purposeful. Or funny.
Half-baked, rather unpleasant.
General release. Check local listings for show times.
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