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Orange County Movie Rating: 
Amusing Comedy | |
| Finding a paperback novel in the sand, surfer dude Shaun Brumder (Colin Hanks interviewed below) becomes inspired to enroll at Stanford, where the book's author (Kevin Kline) teaches. His application is rejected because his ditzy high school guidance counsellor (Lily Tomlin) sends in the wrong transcript, so Shaun, his girlfriend (Schuyler Fisk), and his stoner brother (Jack Black) take a road trip to set things right. | |
| While this coming-of-age comedy does have some subversive flourishes, the script relies too much on sexual quips and family dysfunctions for humour. The participation of star babies Hanks (guess who his dad is?) and Fisk (Sissy Spacek's daughter) probably pulled in Tomlin, Kline, Harold Ramis, Ben Stiller, John Lithgow, and Chevy Chase, whose brief cameos provide more comic oomph than the leading characters. |
Colin Hanks in Orange County. TM&©2002 Paramount Pictures. All Rights Reserved.
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