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Summary: This is Not What I Expected.
Review: When this movie first hit theaters I sort of ignored it, I assumed it was another teen movie full of wiener and fart jokes. When the DVD came out I decided to rent it. Boy was I wrong. I was always a Jack Black fan, and this movie only reaffirms that. Black is joined by newbies Colin Hanks and Schuyler Fisk. Many familiar faces pop up on the screen also. Chevy Chase, Ben Stiller, Kevin Kline, Lily Tomlin, Catherine O'Hara, Garry Marshall and John Lithgow all make appearances. Hanks plays a high school senior who's aspiration is to go to Stanford to study under Marcus Skinner, played by Kline. Skinner, wrote a novel that Hanks' character is obsessed with, is your typical college professor. In one scene Kline is seen clad in his twill jacket with a cigarette in one hand and a glass of liquor in the other. Have we seen this before? I do have to admit that Kline is convincing. This is probably that film he got experience for his role in the "Emperor's Club." Black delivers the best lines in the film. He steals every single scene he is in. This is not the first film he has done so. Any fans of Jack Black should check out his previous work. He gets better with every movie. I would recommend this movie for everybody. I have already been doing so and nobody has been disappointed. You won't be either.
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Summary: tHiS ThE BeSt MoViE EvEr!!!
Review: Orange County is my FAVORITE movie ever!!! It is really really funny!!!Everyone should watch Orange County!!! Shaun is trying to get into stanford but his transcript got changed and the whole movie he is trying to get into to stanford with the "help" from his brother lance( who during the movie is constantly in his underware). This is a great movie but as the rating says shouldn't be watched by anyone under the age or 13. It is a little on the innapropriat side.
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Summary: Give It A Closer Look....
Review: I saw Orange County when it came out on DVD, and only then for the sole purpose of Jack Black. I was impressed with what i saw. most would expect a typical teen movie, as i did. but there is more to been seen with a critical eye. it's about a boy named Sean Brumner who undergoes a change. he lives in Orange County, California, an area known for it's shallow, conservative, surf-n-sand (albeit VERY hip) lifestyle. his senior year of high school, he decides he wants to become a writer, and that he wants to go to Stanford. the movie's action centers around his desperate attempts to be better than where he came from, and his family and school's well-meaning (and sometimes unintended) attempts to hold him back. sprinkle in some classic Jack Black (who plays Sean's druggie brother, Lance), and it's smooth sailing. as always in MTV films, the music was very artfully chosen. Crazytown's "Butterfly" is used very, very effectively. also, the promotional extras are effing hilarious. if you craved more Jack Black in the film, as i did, then here it is. it wasn't over-the-top, as many "teen" movies are these days, and had less (almost nothing) to do with relationship woes and bodliy fluid jokes, and more to do with post-high school expectations. moral of the story? i think it had more Ferris Bueller in it than American Pie. anyone stressed out by college applications or final exams could watch Orange County and gain something from it, even if nothing more than a good laugh.
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Summary: HILARIOUS!...
Review: This movie is really funny. Actually I did not think it was going to be that funny. But it turned out to be great. It is HILARIOUS! Buy it or rent it.
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Summary: Thanks.
Review: Hey, Peter, I haven't seen the movie yet. Thanks for ruining the ending, you putz.
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Summary: orange county
Review: very funny movie i would see it again, colin hanks does a great job, i hope to see him doing another movie. this is a movie for teens but older ones like me would like this one.
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Summary: BEST MOVIE OF 2002!
Review: U know, there's nothing I love more in movies than a good comedy that is original and has a good message as well, and even inspires me a little bit. That's what this movie was. A good, original comedy, with a great story, and even inspired me a bit. Being 18 years old, I am surronded every day with enormous pressures and questions racing through my mind, and I was always thinking of a way I could just, spill them out. In this movie, Shawn feels the same way after his friend dies, and then he finds a book, reads it to death, and decides he wants to be a writer. After I saw this, I thought, "Maybe that's what I need to do to get my problems out!", and sure enough, I write all the time now, and I think I might want to be a writer! Nothing helps your troubles more than spilling them out on a piece of paper :) The good message that I got out of this movie was that going to one place you want to go to isn't the only way you can be the person you want to be. Just as Shawn's girlfriend said in the movie: "I am sorry you didn't get into Stanford, but if you think that going there is the only way you can be the person you want to be, then I just feel sorry for you." And, on top of all that, it was just RELATIVE to me- I could relate to Shawn's character so well it was just, weird- really made me feel good in thinking that I am not alone :) Ok, ok, enough with the serious stuff in this movie- this also has a TON of funny parts- Jack Black is HILLARIOUS, and Chevy Chase & Ben Stiller make great cameos! Colin Hanks is a very good actor, right up there with his dad. Looking forward to seeing him in more movies. So if you're going to see one movie of 2002, make it ORANGE COUNTY!
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Summary: Not Funny Enough
Review: Yes Jack Black is probably the funniest man in this movie, but there isn't enough of him to really make it work. Colin's character is bland and up-tight, by the end it's no real surprise he stays in Orange County and the entire 83 minutes of film ends in him discovering that he doesn't hate his life in Orange County, that much. It has some deeper moments than most of today's movies and some characters that are well-thought out, but it's not funny enough to call it a comedy and not deep enough to call it a drama. My favorite characters, the ones that were most original, were the least present: Bob, the husband of his mother who is a millionaire cripple; the ADHD kid and his "Pootie"; John Lithgow, who plays Colin's father; and the lovable screwed-up-teeth guy. Unfortunately none of these characters are exposed enough and after Jack Black's character gets tiresome half-way through the movie, it becomes apparent this movie has nothing memorable or original.
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Summary: Don't waste your time!
Review: Watching Orange County was the worst spent 83 minutes of my life. We only watched the whole movie out of morbid curiosity, or maybe we were hoping it would somehow redeem itself. It never did.... Jack Black made a poor decision choosing to play in this movie. He was the only saving grace that I could find. (Jack, I have found you to be a comic genius in the other movies you have been in, i.e. High Fidelity, Shallow Hall. You are even good in Enemy of the State. Do not lower your standards again. You deserve better.)
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Summary: One of the better comedies around
Review: If you like the humor in American Pie, you will probably enjoy this movie as well. The plot is unique, with an aspiring writer (about to graduate high school) trying to get accepted into Stanford to study under his favorite writer. Unfortunately, everything goes wrong for him. The bonus material on the DVD makes it an even better buy.
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