Orange County Movie Review 2002

Pedigreed star Hanks (son of Tom) enters the world of leading men alongside character-meister Black in this pleasant buddy comedy. Equally credible Tinseltown offspring continue aplenty with love-interest Fisk (daughter of Sissy Spacek and Jake Fisk) and director Jake Kasdan (son of Lawrence). Typical Orange County, California teen Shaun Brumder trades his surf board for a pen when he accidentally discovers the joys of literature via a Marcus Skinner (an uncredited Kline) novel on the beach. Determined to study under Skinner at Stanford, Brumder is bummed when the wrong test scores are submitted to the college who summarily rejects him. Enter stoner brother Lance, to help him straighten everything out. Dynamic comedy with character development of a surprisingly sophisticated nature for this type of film.

Distribution

Parenting Pictures, c/o Courter Films & Assoc., 121 NW Crystal St., Crystal River, FL 34428, Phone: (352)795-2156, Fax: (352)795-6144, Email: info@courterfilms.com, URL: http://www.courterfilms.com

Available on VHS, DVD
Running time 81 minutes.
Originally from United States.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Family Ties, High School, Brothers & Sisters, Teen Comedy

Screenplay

Mike White

Cast

Colin Hanks, Jack Black, Schuyler Fisk, Catherine O'Hara, John Lithgow, Harold Ramis, Jane Adams, Garry Marshall, Dana Ivey, Chevy Chase, Lily Tomlin, George Murdock, Leslie Mann, Kyle Howard, Kevin Kline

Cinematography

Greg Gardiner

Director

Jake Kasdan

Music

Michael Andrews

Other

Keith Wester, Manish Raval, Tom Wolfe, Tara Timpone, Debra McGuire, Gary Frutkoff

Producer

Scott Rudin, Van Toffler, David Gale, Scott Aversano, MTV Films, Paramount Pictures