Tina Fey and Paul Rudd star in a new comedy “Admission,” based on the novel of the same name by Jean Hanff Korelitz.

Portia Nathan (Fey) is an admissions officer at Princeton University. When she visits a new alternative school where John Pressman (Rudd), an old college friend, teaches, Pressman plans the visit with ulterior motives. He believes that his student, Jeremiah, played by Nat Wolff, is Nathan’s biological son whom she gave up for adoption. In light of this news, as well as the swift breakup of a 16-year relationship, Nathan has to deal with her past more than she wants to.

Fey displays an unknown dramatic side in her portrayal of a college admissions officer at the height of application season, and Rudd is charming as ever as a traveling humanitarian with an adopted son of his own.

Parents and high school students experiencing or about to experience the college admissions process will find this movie hilarious but will not expect the touching moments and surprising twist at the end of the movie.

The movie is rated PG-13 for language and some sexual material. While it is directed towards high school students and their parents, especially those who understand the college admissions process and its insanity, students and parents who do not understand the competitive college process will find humor in this movie as well.