Review of Orange County (2002) by Lukas B — 30 Mar 2008

One of Jack Black's best performances!

This review of Orange County (2002) was written by Lukas B on 30 Mar 2008.

Orange County has generally received mixed reviews.

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By James D (1,507) on 23 Apr 2012

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By Desson Thomson (1,673) for Washington Post (9,851) on 25 Nov 2017

The movie is less than nothing special. The movie veers between pretentiousness (oh, the plight of the instant, start-up Artist) and vacuousness…

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By Joshua M (939) on 04 May 2012

Hilarious. still one of the funniest movies…

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By Edmund C (199) on 06 Feb 2012

The big coming out of Colin Hanks, son of you know who, is underwhelming. Jack Black's talents are completely wasted here…

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By Josh I (30) on 26 Jul 2015

Classic Jack Black. Not sure why this movie got such low reviews. Really worth checking out…

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This is one of my favorite movies…

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By Nate G (305) on 12 Apr 2012

This film promised us lots of hilarious Jack Black antics, but instead gave us lots of boring Colin Hanks banter…

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By Michael Atkinson (678) for Village Voice (8,525) on 20 May 2012

Hardly the idiosyncratic Mickey Finn you'd expect from the men behind 1998's underrated Zero Effect and 2000's discomfort-splooge Chuck & Buck…

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