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Orange County
2002
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Positive Reviews
34
Negative reviews
23
Average Rating
2.8
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3.8
Arriving amid the traditionally withered harvest of January releases, Orange County is peachy.
EW
3.8
One of those movies like Ghost World and Legally Blonde where the description cant do justice to the experience.
Rogerebert
1.5
The urine quaffing gags and hearty barfing asides are the lowbrow price extracted for...gestures towards semi intelligence.
Time Out
3.1
Overall Criterions Bruce Lee set is as wonderful as youve heard, boasting definitive restorations and enough supplements for at least two semesters wo ..
2.0
Overall, its quite all right that Orange County isnt really that interested in skewering its eponymous milieu too ruthlessly, even though the opportun ..
3.0
It is a notch above the usual tripe we get from MTV films but its not a very big notch
E Film Critic
2.5
Whenever the movie delves deeper, it offers up sappy cliches and untruths.
San Francisco Chronicle
4.0
With minimal gross out quota, Kasdans sure footed approach mixes a teen farce and a morality tale.
3.5
Jack Blacks facial expressions, physical comedy and portly figure alone...just crack me up!
JoBlo
4.5
Jake Kasdan directs this very funny comedy from a spiffy screenplay by Mike White.
Spirituality And Practice
2.5
A distinctly mixed bag, the occasional bursts of sharp writing alternating with lots of sloppiness and the obligatory moments of sentimental ooze.
One Guys Opinion
2.5
Sadly, however, while the movie may represent a showcase of second generation talent, thats about all it really works as.
ReelViews
2.0
A well meaning misfire, this SoCal coming of age tale tries to be both a broad teen farce and a sensitive family drama.
Tv Guide
3.8
So when hes denied admission, hes obviously going to do all he can to change this fate.
Mark Reviews Movies
3.8
And it doesnt hurt that Hanks and Fisk have great chemistry together.
Reel Film Reviews
2.8
Orange County, happily, is an exception to the rule. It is a better written, better directed version of the genre with few raunchy jokes.
Lariat
3.2
The performances are amiable and committed, and the comedy more often than not hits the bullseye.
Eric Ds Nider
2.0
Second generation Hollywood wrestles with but never truly pins down this big hearted, broad and often flat comedy...
News Review
1.5
Generally amusing, but clearly not as much fun as it might have been, and is near instantly forgettable.
Screen It
2.5
Not to mention too sweet and touching for a film thats trying so hard to be hip and cool.
Shadows On The Wall
3.0
Though there are no real belly laughs or any Farrelly like set pieces, this is still a better than average comedy, thanks to its witty script and its ..
View London
1.5
You can feel the companys hands all over Orange County, which is a shame because if left alone, the film might have turned out to be another Election.
Film Journal International ..
1.5
A disappointment, especially since it features some of the most talented comic actors in the industry and theyre trying hard to make it funny.
Deseret News (Salt Lake Ci ..
1.9
With little visible talent and no energy, Colin Hanks is in bad need of major acting lessons and maybe a little coffee.
Internet Reviews
1.5
Full of keenly observed moments of intergenerational embarrassment, as a smarter than average teen movie Orange County falls somewhere smack in betwee ..
Toronto Star
4.5
Like his dad, hes photogenic, fun to watch, and acting seems to come natural to him.
Reel Talk Reviews
3.1
an amusing, sometimes witty, but often uneven comedy about the horrors of familial dysfunction
Q Network
1.5
A piece of mildly entertaining, inoffensive fluff that drifts aimlessly for 90 minutes before lodging in the cracks of that ever growing category: une ..
Salon
4.5
The oldies must be proud of your efforts in this funny and poignant tale of a young man with a dream.
3.0
The script, written by Mike White of Chuck & Buck fame, also has a subversive, satirical vein that sets it apart from the usual roster of dumb and dum ..
Bbc
3.8
Landons unnatural hell, downright unmale sensitivity and keen romantic instincts reach ridiculous heights as the spirits of his beloved falter.
Mr Brown Movies
4.4
Orange County flies right by with the blink of an eye not because it is necessarily too short, but because you are having so much fun that you dont wa ..
The Movie Boy
3.0
Barrels along at the start before becoming mired in sentimentality.
Calendar Live
3.0
The film jumps from really gross shots of Black prancing around in his skanky underpants to sentimentalized family issues that are a little too real t ..
Hollywood
1.5
When hes turned down for admission due to a clerical error, hes crushed and spends the rest of the movie trying to correct the mistake.
Seattle Pi
4.5
Alas, he doesnt count on a ditzy school guidance counselor (Tomlin, a welcome sight in any movie) sending somebody elses much less impressive transcri ..
Cnn
3.8
There isnt a single insultingly dumb or artificial moment in all of its mischievousness.
Spliced Wire
3.1
OC is a pretty good film at its best, fairly harmless at its worst, but with the talent involved (established and burgeoning) it should have been grea ..
Film Freak Central
4.5
Thanks to White, Orange County often is very good, containing more intelligent ideas than previews would lead you to believe.
Oregon Live
1.5
Disappointingly, Orange Countys humor is far too reliant on Blacks stoner character causing an anything that can go wrong will chain of events.
Boxoffice Magazine
1.5
The tertiary characters, like John Lithgow and Catherine OHara as Hanks jacked up folks, give the film its moments. Still, this is hardly higher comed ..
E Online
2.0
The sight of Black burning down an entire admin block during a moment of passion would warm up any winter.
Raidió Teilifís Éireann
3.8
a ragtag ensemble of purposely cartoony, yet lovable characters, host this silly, yet substantially entertaining little picture.
Ross Anthony
3.1
It makes you want to see more of Hanks and Fisk, but overall it just isnt all that memorable. Worth a rental.
Montreal Film Journal
2.0
This is mostly weak stuff, with a timid and reactionary final message about how its better to stay in your home town, rather than go for a big city co ..
Film Guardian
4.5
Orange County provides proof that the fruit doesnt fall far from the tree.
Freep
3.0
It wont stick with you forever, but you will enjoy it while it lasts.
Film4
4.5
Not since Tom Cruise in Risky Business has an actor made such a strong impression in his underwear.
Denver Post
3.5
Under the direction of Jake Kasdan, Orange County crackles with sweeping camera movements and a zippy storytelling pace.
Filmcritic.com
1.5
Although it includes a fair share of dumb drug jokes and predictable slapstick, Orange County is far funnier than it would seem to have any right to b ..
James Sanford on Film
3.8
Orange County is a very smart movie masquerading as a very dumb one.
Aisle Seat
2.5
Clearly, nobody will mistake Kasdan as a modern day Aesop as his floundering yet free wheeling fable Orange has the unwelcoming taste of a dour lemon.
Movie Eye
4.5
Consistently funny and surprisingly inventive, it...serves up a much more rewarding stew than the swill normally targeted at 13 24 year olds.
Vulture
1.5
Despite some good intentions and a decent coming of age story, Orange County is sadly bogged down by lackluster jokes, poorly utilized celebrity cameo ..
Dark Horizons
0.6
Orange County isnt simply a badly made film, but an unfunny, desperate, stupid and incompetent one.
Cinema Phile
2.5
Just when it seemed there was no other possible way to copy a cat, they prove you wrong.
Globe and Mail
0.5
This extremely unfunny film clocks in at 80 minutes, but feels twice as long.
Supercala.com
4.5
Director Jake Kasdan delivers that rare entry in the teen comedy genre: a funny film thats also quite wise.
Citysearch
1.5
The essential problem in Orange County is that, having created an unusually vivid set of characters worthy of its strong cast, the film flounders when ..
Miami Herald
1.2
Clocking in at a tight and merciful 83 minutes, Orange County feels like an afterthought.
4.5
If Orange County has a warmth that takes you aback, dont be surprised. Theres something endearingly familial about this movie onscreen and off.
Sacramento Bee
1.5
This may be the dumbest, sketchiest movie on record about an aspiring writers coming of age.
Seattle Times
1.5
Despite all outward signs to the contrary, the movie is not dreadful, but makes the best of a bad generic situation.
2.5
Picture an overbearing, overweight Jack Black running around in his underwear, not once, but several times in this film. Sound inviting
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