Tina Fey. How do I even begin to explain Tina Fey? She’s an intellectual and a trailblazer and well on her way to becoming a comedy legend. It’s Tina’s world, and we’re all just living in it.

However, the fact that Tina Fey is the modern day queen of comedy is pretty much the only reason “Admission” was passable. It had a terribly interesting premise, but in the end, the storyline failed to inject any kind of energy into the movie.

“Admission” is about Princeton University admissions officer Portia Nathan (Fey) who makes a visit to a progressive school run by John Pressman (the adorable Paul Rudd), only to discover that one of the students there, Jeremiah (Nat Wolff), might be the son she gave up for adoption years ago. And of course, the university that Jeremiah wants to go to more than anything in the whole wide world? Princeton.

See? There’s an interesting moral dilemma there. How can Portia go about treating her potential son’s application as just another application? Will she ever be able to come clean to him? What kinds of complications are going to arise? Really, there was a lot to be explored there.

But “Admission” sort of dropped the ball on that. Overall, it just wasn’t engaging enough to make up for all the times the movie went off the rails. It was certainly funny in places, as movies containing Tina Fey are known to be. But the rest of the time, I was pretty bored. It was plodding and rather graceless, and Fey’s brand of dry humor was only able to offset those flaws 1/3 of the time.

The acting was decent, but nothing to write home about. I’ll be honest, I absolutely love Tina Fey. I think she’s one of the best things about the entertainment industry nowadays. But she’s not a dramatic actress — not yet at least — and this movie could have used one from time to time.

Paul Rudd always puts on a solid performance, and this was no different. Lily Tomlin had a pretty good supporting role as Portia’s distant mother, although their relationship could not have been more trite. Nat Wolff, also known as one of the naked brothers in The Naked Brothers Band, left no impression whatsoever on me. I literally just Googled him because I couldn’t remember what he looked like.

Then there was the love story. The pairing of Tina Fey and Paul Rudd sounds brilliant on paper, but it didn’t translate. Their connection felt forced, and I think I spent the majority of their scenes together staring at the toe of my shoe, wishing it would end.

The ending was pretty flat, much like the rest of the movie, so I suppose I could praise “Admission” for at least being consistent in its mediocrity.

Another thing, and this complaint may be very specific to a certain age group, but this movie stressed me out. “Admission” opens with a bunch of high school kids discussing the perfect application on a Princeton tour, and I was transported back to a time where I spent every waking minute panicking about my common application.

A solid 20 minutes of the movie are spent in the admissions office with the officers reading out application after application, each one more impressive than the last, and they still freaking rejected all of them. I was not emotionally ready for that scene.

I have never in my life been so sure of two things: One, I am so glad I did not see this as a high school senior, and two, I will never work in admissions. Ever. I would accept every single applicant for fear of hurting their feelings, and I know that now. Thank you “Admission” for the unintentional career advice.

Simply put, “Admission” didn’t make me feel anything other than stress. So other than the occasional laugh and a few tears shed for college applicants everywhere (I didn’t actually cry), there’s just not much to get out of this movie. I’m going to give it 2.5 of 5 rejection letters. I didn’t hate myself for seeing it or anything, but it was nothing special. Hopefully Tina’s next film will be a full-on comedy.