How I Got Into College

Name: How I Got Into College
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Released: 1989-05-19T00:00:00.000Z
Duration: 86 min
Rating: 6
Cast: Anthony Edwards, Corey Parker, Lara Flynn Boyle, Finn Carter, Charles Rocket

"A horror story so intense, so barbaric, so frightening it will have you running for your local army recruiter."

High school senior Marlon Bowne is smitten with overachieving classmate Jessica Kailo. But, if he wants to have a shot with her, he'll have to find a way to get into Ramsey College, Jessica's top choice of schools. It won't be easy, since the college is highly selective and Marlon's grades are hardly impressive. That means the lovelorn teen will have to find a way to score high on the SATs and win over the college admissions committee.

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How I Got Into College

"A horror story so intense, so barbaric, so frightening it will have you running for your local army recruiter."

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GenerationofSwine@GenerationofSwine

January 12, 2023

People have called out the acting... and that is fair, but what did they think that they were walking into? It is a low budget comedy that bill itself as a low budget comedy and is ridiculous fun like a low budget comedy.

So the acting waffles between good and bad. But the plot is sufficiently inane and stupid enough to be hysterical. And it gets the happy ending that comedies like these promise.

In other words, you get exactly what the film claims it is without any pretenses, and you get to laugh for a while... and that, after all, was the point of making this film, to get the audience to laugh at some unbelievable things

GenerationofSwine@GenerationofSwine

January 12, 2023

So the acting waffles between good and bad. But the plot is sufficiently inane and stupid enough to be hysterical. And it gets the happy ending that comedies like these promise.