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     Orange County

2002  PG-13  COMEDY  1h 21min

CAST— Colin Hanks, Jack Black, Catherine O’Hara, Schuyler Fisk, John Lithgow, Lily Tomlin

MUSIC— Michael Andrews  DIRECTOR— Jake Kasdan

     Here we have a great example of what teenage comedy should be like: laugh-out-loud funny, but with warmth and heart thrown into the mix. Colin Hanks plays Shaun Brumder, a high school senior with aspirations of becoming a great writer. He feels that he can only do that by attending Stanford University and studying with his idol, author Martin Skinner. But first he has to escape Orange County, California. And that means escaping his family: divorced parents who love/hate one another; his mom’s newest husband Bob, a near comatose oldster in a wheelchair; and best of all, his perpetually stoned big brother Lance, played with manic energy by Jack Black. Classify this as a goofy teen/stoner/family/moral story comedy, and you’re on your way. Keep an eye out for an off-the-bed cartwheel by Black in his Fruit of the Looms. What a thrill.

OUR RATING— *** ½