Friday, Dec. 21, 2001

Undeclared

The characters are freshmen, but the comedy is far from sophomoric. Producer Judd Apatow (of the much mourned high-school drama Freaks and Geeks) got a well-deserved, and more commercial, second chance with this college sitcom. Undeclared, starring Jay Baruchel, above, takes the eccentric sensibility of Freaks and applies it to smart, sharply observed coming-of-age stories of self-discovery, romance and beer.

(Fox)