Orange County
Paramount Pictures | Release Date: January 11, 2002 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
48
METASCORE
Mixed or average reviews based on 28 Critic Reviews
Positive:
7
Mixed:
15
Negative:
6
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38
Chicago TribuneRobert K. Elder
Black delivers the best line (“Do you want me to get naked and start the revolution?”), and Lithgow scores a giggle for calling his ex-wife “coyote ugly” to her face, but neither of them can disguise this lemon. Read full review
38
Charlotte ObserverLawrence Toppman
Flat as a Moravian cookie, flat as a sailor's wallet after a month in port, flat as the average European's impression of the Earth in A.D. 800. Read full review
38
New York PostJonathan Foreman
In any case, the presence of O'Hara, Kline, Ramis, Black, Tomlin and John Lithgow (who plays Shaun's father) serve mainly to underline the feebleness of the screenplay and the slackness of the direction. Read full review
30
Washington PostRita Kempley
Strictly a vanity vehicle with a mess of star babies on board. That would be just fine if it didn't take us down the same old cul-de-sac. But it does, and with a vengeance. Read full review
25
Seattle Post-IntelligencerWilliam Arnold
It should have been a cut above the usual teen comedy. But it touches the same old bases in the same old dumb ways. Read full review
20
Washington PostDesson Thomson
The movie is less than nothing special. The movie veers between pretentiousness (oh, the plight of the instant, start-up Artist) and vacuousness. Read full review
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