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Admissions

10/16/2004

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1hr 24min

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Drama

STORY

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.

CAST & CREW

    Cast

  • Lauren Ambrose
  • Amy Madigan
  • Christopher Lloyd
  • Fran Kranz
  • Taylor Roberts

    Director

  • Melissa Painter

INFORMATION

    Production Companies

    Production Countries

LANGUAGES

    Cast

    Lauren Ambrose

    Evie Brighton

    Amy Madigan

    Martha Brighton

    Christopher Lloyd

    Steward Worthy

    Fran Kranz

    James Parks

    Taylor Roberts

    Emily Brighton

    Vernee Watson-Johnson

    Stanford Interviewer

    Benjamin Pratt

    Dartmouth Interviewer

    Scott Adsit

    Harvard Interviewer

    John Savage

    Harry Brighton

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