I enjoyed this movie as well as my dad when we watched it together, but it was...a bit inappropriate. There was stuff about beer and sex and drinking and repeated swearing. I enjoyed this movie, but I should've waited until I was older to see it.
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Dumb comedy about college students partying.
updated 10.15.08
Why We Rated This 
for Ages 14–15
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Parents need to know that the movie's premise involves students creating a "sham" university and lying to parents and authorities to make a facility for the classes they want to take (which include references to drugs). The made-up school's name is South Harmon Institute of Technology (you can guess the visible acronym). Characters frequently use this word (at least 40 times). The fake dean uses especially colorful language. Students drink beer, smoke cigarettes, and talk about drugs and sex (language includes slang for genitals and sex acts). Stereotypes abound.
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Families Can Talk About
- Families can talk about the pressures on college applicants to "get in": How might families work together to make this a less-stressful process? How might telling the truth be a more effective way for Bartleby to communicate with his parents? Families could also talk about the stereotyped portrayal of college life; what's it really like to be a college student?
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Lives in IllinoisI rate this title iffy for age 12 and give itMy concerns are:- Inappropriate sexual content
- Inappropriate language
- Drinking, smoking, or drug use
- Negative role models
It's okay if you know right from wrong...like me!
Lives in MissouriI rate this title on for age 13 and give itCollege
This is a typical teen movie. There's partying, drinking, and craziness. There are funny parts and it shows what you can get into when you lie about getting into a college, that is fake. I really enjoyed this movie.
- Lives in CaliforniaI rate this title iffy for age 2 and give it
typical teen movie
your teenager will want to see this, and it won't kill them. i would say this film is for around the same age group as mean girls. the film is not likely to give your teenager any life lessons, but it will keep them entertained at a sleepover. it approaches some kind of a concept with its idea that "everyone has some talent or something to learn/offer" but offers it up in such a way that any kind of message is likely lost in slapstick humor. all the same, theres nothing in the movie that kids of 13+ won't already know, and if you watch it with them, you will likely be laughing as well.
- Lives inI rate this title iffy for age 2 and give it
justin!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
rauntchy but funny!! what are you!?
Lives in GeorgiaI rate this title on for age 2 and give itThis is the funnyest movie ever! I have seen it like 4 or 5 times! I absolutly love it, and I don't think that the content is a bad as common sense is making out to be. It is very funny, but if the kid is under 9 or 10 years old, then i think that pretty much all of the humor will go over their heads. Over all, this is a funny movie that is fun for teens and adults!
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