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Movie Reviews of Orange County
Movie Review: Welcome To Orange County
Summary: 5 Stars
I have to say that this movie captured the spirit of a growing up in Southern California more than any movie I have ever seen, and this creates a bias for me because when I watch this movie, I am a teenager in California again.
However, all admitted bias aside, this movie is not only a must see, but a must buy. Shaun Brumder (Colin Hanks) is a surf punk that discovers he wants to be a writer, and his inspiration, Marcus Skinner (Kevin Kline), is a Stanford professor. This, of course, inspires Shaun to apply to Stanford. His guidance counselor (Lily Tomlin), messes up his chances with a terrible mix-up with a loser of a student. From there, Shaun is determined to make things right, and with the help of his brother, Lance (Jack Black), who is hardly a help at all, and his girlfriend, Ashley (Schuyler Fisk), they set off for Northern California to do what they can.
Jack Black steals this show. He is hilarious, and there are scenes in this movie where I swore that if I laughed any harder, I would lose control of my bladder. Catherine O'Hara plays Shaun and Lance's mom, and her performance is just classic. She makes for another "wet your pants" moment in this movie, as well as some hilarious scenes with the housekeeper.
Each and every character in this movie is funny. Even the potentially annoying Fisk as the tree hugging Ashley, comes off as funny, and not annoying, as one's first impression might lead one to assume.
Overall, this is a thoroughly enjoyable movie that contains some important lessons about growing up, and every kid's desire to get away from the those that they love, but can't generally stand. Even more important, it's funny.
Movie Review: Looks wacky and cool- -a great teen comedy!
Summary: 5 Stars
ORANGE COUNTY will be a crowd pleaser. It stars Colin Hanks (for those who do not know who Colin Hanks is, he is Tom Hanks's son; he also starred in the first two seasons of the hit TV series, "Roswell", and starred in the hit teen film, GET OVER IT) and also Jack Black. But besides the two of them, there are cameo roles made by some famous big stars playing wacky characters in the movie. Just to name a few, Cathrine O'Hera and John Lithgrow play the parents of Colin Hanks's character and Chevy Chase and Kevin Kline make appearances. I am wondering why Tom Hanks didn't make an appearance in his son's film...but oh well.Anyway, ORANGE COUNTY is basically a teen movie for the college-aged movie audience, since it is a college movie. It is about a teen living in California where nobody cares about their futures. Sean (Colin Hanks) becomes interested in writing, and wants to be an author. He desparately tries to get into Stanford University, but when the counselor sends him the wrong transcript saying that he's not accepted into the school, he takes his loser brother (Jack Black) and his girlfriend on a road trip to Stanford University where he will try to prove to Stanford that he is smart enough to get accepted into their school. Along the road, they come across some hilarious and wacky kicks and make all kinds of strange side trips.
ORANGE COUNTY will be a great film! I have not seen it yet but I've seen the trailer. From the trailer, it's definitely a movie I will want to see. The acting looks great, and the script looks pretty clever and funny. It's bound for success in the box office! I can't wait for ORANGE COUNTY to hit theaters. Go see it!
Movie Review: Best Comedy I've Seen In Ages
Summary: 5 Stars
I have laughed so hard or so frequently in so long, too long. Orange County is quite possibly one of the best comedies of the past few years. I absolutely love it.
To be honest I had little faith in Jake Kasdan after Zero Effect (which had Zero Effect on me) but this movie shows he has a real sense of humor and he balances it perfectly with outrageous characters and an untypically good-natured comedy plot.
Shaun Brumner (Colin Hanks in a wacky performance) is refused entry to Stanford University because his dunderheaded College Counsellor mailed them the wrong the transcripts. He recruits his slobbish brother (an even wackier Jack Black) and his girlfriend to help him in increasingly desperate and far-fetched methods of convincing Stanford to reconsider. It may sound like a dumb story but the characters and situations surrounding it provoke the maximum amount of laughter.
The two leads are particularly impressive and show natural comic genius that makes me beg for more from these characters. Keep a look out for loads of cameos from Chevy Chase, Harold Ramis, Ben Stiller and Kevin Kline.
The DVD is in 1.78:1 anamorphic widescreen with Dolby 5.1 sound. The extras are great with a commentary from Kasdan, deleted scenes which actually should have stayed in the movie and loads of TV spots with scenes especially created. You must get this. Everybody needs to laugh and laugh you will.
Movie Review: Hysterically funny
Summary: 5 Stars
I didn't know until after the second time I'd watched this movie that Colin Hanks is Tom Hanks's son. Colin Hanks plays a young man trying to get into the college of his dreams- Stanford. After reading a book written by the author Marcus Skinner (played by Kevin Kline), Shaun decides he wants to give up surfing to become a writer. He writes a story about growing up in Orange County, which becomes the backdrop to the concept of the movie.
Coming from a totally dysfunctional family which includes coked-up Lance (Jack Black, who steals the show), alcoholic drama queen Cindy (Catherine O'Hara), and Bud (John Lithgow), Shaun is disappointed to find that he doesn't, in fact, get in to Stanford. Thus beguns a hillarious trip up to the school with Lance and his bleeding-heart girlfriend Ashley to try to talk the Dean of Admissions into adding his name onto the "admitted" list. It seems that Jack Black spends most of this movie in his underwear, only pausing to don clothes for the trip to Stanford.
Its a hysterically funny movie which makes me laugh harder and harder every time I see it. It does, however, have a serious tone to it. Shaun wants to be a good writer, and is worried that he won't be a good one unless he leaves the place where he grew up. After a talk with his role model, however, Shaun realizes that things are OK, and that there truly is hope in the world.
Movie Review: I saw it and I liked it
Summary: 5 Stars
Orange County is a pretty cool teenage comedy. It's about a teenage surfer Shaun (Colin Hanks), who dedicates his life to writing after reading Marcus Skinner's book. He is an over-achieving student and shouldn't have any troubles being accepted to Stanford. But his guidance counselor mistakenly sends out the wrong transcripts to the University, so Shaun isn't accepted to any university. But he really wants to go to Stanford, so he decides to go to the headmaster of Stanford, to talk him to let him go to Stanford. He goes there together with his brother Lance (Jack Black) and his girlfriend Ashley (Schuyler Fisk). But once there, his brother sets fire to the office and the headmaster also mistakenly takes his ecstasy, so in the end everything goes wrong. Shaun also has a fight with his girlfriend. But then he meets Marcus Skinner and they talk about writing and Shaun's novel, that he sent to Mr. Skinner. So he gets back with his girlfriend and they return home. He finds out there, that also his father (John Lithgow) and his mother got back together. He makes piece with his friend and decides to stay in Orange County and go to college there.
Well, I especially liked Jack Black's performance, because this guy is really funny. I also liked Colin's performance, although he is not really funny, but his character is really likeable.