| Orange County Review |
| by Jerry Saravia (Rating: 2/4) |
| Writer-director Jake Kasdan showed a flair for the offbeat with the truly
bizarre comedy "Zero Effect," which dealt with a heavily eccentric private
investigator. Kasdan fashioned what one would call a "neo-noir comedy." It was
an original. This time,...more |
| Orange County Review |
| by Aleksandar Zambelli (Rating: 6/10) |
| Contrary to how most people feel about them, I like watching movie previews
because they give me a good idea of which movies are worth seeing in the
theater, worth renting on video, or not worth anything at all. I can
usually spot a stinker from miles...more |
| Orange County Review |
| by Homer Yen (Rating: C+) |
| Standing in line at the local multiplex on a Wednesday
evening, you might discover that there are far too
many screens and far too few good movies to see,
especially this time of the year. Yes, there are
holdovers from 2001 that are making an effort to...more |
| Orange County Review |
| by Karina Montgomery |
| Make no mistake; Jack Black is in this film and he is funny, as always, but
this film belongs to Colin Hanks. Yes, son of Tom Hanks and Rita Wilson,
which even if you had no idea who he was, is readily apparent. He looks so
much like them, and evokes...more |
| Orange County Review |
| by Susan Granger (Rating: 5/10) |
| Susan Granger's review of "ORANGE COUNTY" (Paramount Pictures)
While nepotism has always been popular in Hollywood (that's how I
broke into acting at age 3), it runs rampant in this amiable adolescent
date-movie. Directed by Jake Kasdan (son...more |
| Orange County Review |
| by JoBlo (Rating: 7/10) |
| PLOT:
An Orange County surfer dude discovers his calling as a writer, drops his beach
habits, devotes himself to his passion and applies to Standford University. But
when a guidance counselor at his school sends in the wrong transcript, he gets
rejected...more |
| Orange County Review |
| by Max Messier (Rating: 3.5/5) |
| Forget She's All That and its brethren. Back in the 1980s, the maestro
of teen films -- John Hughes (The Breakfast Club, Sixteen Candles) --
taught us to produce films in the finicky teen-comedy genre. His simple
rule -- a single motivation is...more |
| Orange County Review |
| by Steve Rhodes (Rating: 1.5/4) |
| Acting lessons. Lots of acting lessons. Colin Hanks may be the son of an
Oscar-winning actor (Tom Hanks), but a famous last name isn't enough if you're
the star of the movie. With little visible talent and no energy, Hanks is in
bad need of major...more |
