Orange County (2002)

Release date: 2002-01-11
Country: USA
Language: English|Spanish
Director: Jake Kasdan
Production Co: Paramount Pictures, MTV Films, Scott Rudin Productions
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Rating: 6.2/10
Length: 1h 22min

Storyline

Shaun Brumder is a local surfer kid from Orange County who dreams of going to Stanford to become a writer and to get away from his disfunctional family household. Except Shaun runs into one complication after another starting when his application is rejected after his dim-witted guidance counselor sends the wrong application. So, Shaun goes to great lengths with a little help from his girlfriend Ashley and his drugged-out loser brother Lance to get into Stanford any way they see fit.

Plot Keywords

high school senior, southern california, divorced parents, lesbian, menage a trois, dysfunctional family, sex with a minor, lesbian kiss, teenage boy, teenage girl, slacker, panties, stoner, high school graduation, college, underwear, horniness, stepfather stepson relationship, flashback, drug use

Short Review

[Kasdan] and White aim very low here and fail to take advantage of the abundant opportunities for social satire that its upper class and academic settings provide.