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Orange County (2002)

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All Time

of 190,116

3,082

2000's

of 33,985

916

2002

of 8,086

130
Comedy
- Comedy All Time
  
  of 36,542
  
  704
  
  Comedy of 2002
  
  of 858
  
  22
  
  Comedy of the 2000's
  
  of 7,297
  
  191
Drama
- Drama All Time
  
  of 37,985
  
  1,657
  
  Drama of 2002
  
  of 1,059
  
  74
  
  Drama of the 2000's
  
  of 9,635
  
  515
Teen
- Teen All Time
  
  of 332
  
  53
  
  Teen of 2002
  
  of 21
  
  2
  
  Teen of the 2000's
  
  of 164
  
  14

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Orange County (2002) is ranked overall as out of 4 stars

Overall Rating:2.7654

Avg Critic Score:2.6983

Orange County (2002) Movie Reviews

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18.64%

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Rolling Stone (Peter Travers)

A deft script by Mike White ... elevates the usual teen twaddle by grounding the laughs in feeling. ...read the complete Orange County movie review at Rolling Stone (Peter Travers)

Chicago Sun-Times (Roger Ebert)

"Orange County" has the form of a teenage movie, the spirit of an independent comedy, and the subversive zeal of Jack Black, whose grin is the least reassuring since Jack Nicholson. ...read the complete Orange County movie review at Chicago Sun-Times (Roger Ebert)

Film Threat, Hollywood's Indie Voice

When put together, the words January and teen comedy are enough to strike fear in the most hardened of moviegoers. After all, it took those three words (and three more: She's All That) to launch Freddie Prinze Jr. ...read the complete Orange County movie review at Film Threat, Hollywood's Indie Voice

ReelViews (James Berardinelli)

Most parents, on at least a subconscious level, would be happy if their children, when grown, followed in their footsteps. Such a career choice by one's offspring, is, after all, a kind of validation of one's own decisions. ...read the complete Orange County movie review at ReelViews (James Berardinelli)

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Entertainment Weekly

The knowledge that Colin Hanks and Schuyler Fisk, bright-faced stars of Orange County, are the children of Tom Hanks and Sissy Spacek, respectively, and that director Jake Kasdan is the son of director Lawrence Kasdan, only adds to the charms of...read the complete Orange County (2002) review at Entertainment Weekly

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ToxicUniverse.com (Lee Chase IV)

Orange County was directed by Jake Kasden (son of Lawrence), who made the brilliant comedy Zero...read the complete Orange County (2002) review at ToxicUniverse.com (Lee Chase IV)

See all (33) "Good" Reviews

Netflix (James Rocchi)

This Orange has some juice, but it's far from fresh-squeezed....read the complete Orange County (2002) review at Netflix (James Rocchi)

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The Movie Mom (Nell Minow)

There is some irony in the fact that this movie is about a boy who is trying to escape from the cartoonishly dysfunctional adults in his life, when in reality it is the adults in the lives of the people behind the movie who got it made and contribute...read the complete Orange County (2002) review at The Movie Mom (Nell Minow)

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