Straitlaced Princeton University admissions officer Portia Nathan is caught off-guard when she makes a recruiting visit to an alternative high school overseen by her former classmate, the freewheeling John Pressman. Pressman has surmised that Jeremiah, his gifted yet very unconventional student, might well be the son that Portia secretly gave up for adoption many years ago.
Tina Fey | Portia Nathan | |
Ann Harada | Mrs. Lafont | |
Ben Levin | Junior Lafont | |
Dan Levy | James | |
Maggie Keenan-Bolger | Girl on Tour | |
Gloria Reuben | Corinne | |
Paul Rudd | John Pressman | |
Wallace Shawn | Clarence | |
Elaine Kussack | Abby | |
Christopher Evan Welch | Brandt | |
Michael Genadry | Ben | |
Juliet Brett | Praying Applicant | |
John Brodsky | Smug Kid | |
Camille Branton | Gymnast | |
Sarita Choudhury | Rachael | |
Michael Sheen | Mark | |
Ken Barnett | Admissions Counselor | |
Nat Wolff | Jeremiah | |
Travis Bratten | Quest Student | |
Tanisha Long | Quest Student | |
Nadia Alexander | Quest Student | |
Karen Pham | Quest Student | |
Travaris Spears | Nelson | |
Lily Tomlin | Susannah | |
Rob Campbell | Richard |
Director | Paul Weitz | |
Writer | Karen Croner, Jean Hanff Korelitz | |
Producer | Dan Balgoyen, Caroline Baron, Kerry Kohansky-Roberts, Andrew Miano, Paul Weitz | |
Musician | Stephen Trask | |
Photography | Declan Quinn |