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County</div> <div> <TABLE BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="2" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="501" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 146 WIDTH="495"><div> <IMG SRC="12b4638c0.jpg" border=0 width="99" height="140" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"> <A HREF="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B000065U36/reelmoviecriticc"> Orange County on DVD</A>  </div> </tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <div> <TABLE BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="1" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="579" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 20 WIDTH="575"><div> <B>Orange County </B><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#FFCC66" FACE="Wingdings 2" ><B>êêê</B></FONT><B>  </B> (PG-13) </div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 19 WIDTH="575"><div> Reviewed By George O. Singleton</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 19 WIDTH="575"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="19" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="575" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 20 WIDTH="575"><div> <B>Finally, a teen film with an edge that is not gross</B></div> </tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <TABLE BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="1" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="580" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 19 WIDTH="269"><div> Shaun: Colin Hanks</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="304"><div> Lance: Jack Black</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 19 WIDTH="269"><div> Ashley: Schuyler Fisk</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="304"><div> Lupe: Lillian Hurst</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 19 WIDTH="269"><div> Mr. Skinner: Kevin Kline</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> Guidance Counselor: Lily Tomlin</div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 19 WIDTH="269"><div> Director: Jake Kasdan</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="304"><div> Writer: Mike White</div> </tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <bR> <div> <B>30 Second Bottom Line</B>: A straight-A student, who is into surfing, finds a book on the beach, which he reads 52 times. He decides to become an author, which changes the focus of his life.</div> <bR> <div> <B>Story Line:</B> Shaun (Colin Hanks) is serious about his grades, surfing, and his girlfriend. He's not given much thought to what he wants to do with his intellect, as he loves surfing. When he and his buddies go to the beach to surf, in seldom seen monster waves, one of them drowns. This, in addition to finding a book by Mr. Skinner, which he repeatedly reads, causes him to apply to Stanford University. He's told that he is a shoo-in by a guidance counselor (Lily Tomlin) because of his high grades and test scores. In a surprise, he is rejected when she sends in the wrong scores under his name.</div> <bR> <div> Not taking "no" for an answer, Shaun heads north, up the California coast, to challenge the powers that be so that he's admitted to the college. His girlfriend Ashley (Schuyler Fisk) is supportive but as Shaun acts more and more like a jerk when other guys also find her attractive, the thought of straying becomes more than a remote idea. Shaun's brother Lance (Jack Black) is a dope smoking, couch potato slacker, who has values that are the polar opposite of his sibling.</div> <bR> <div> Shaun is at a crossroads in his life and must decide which one to take.</div> <bR> <div> <B>Tell Me More About It</B>: This is a reasonably funny and intelligent teen movie that parents could enjoy by seeing <B>with</B> their pre teen kids. Teenagers will like the film even without the parents.  The way in which drugs, sexuality and language are used is just enough to provide the edge of a R rated film yet still stay within the cute, milquetoast range of emotion. What separates this film from the rest of the pack is that writer Mike White (<I><B>Chuck and Buck</B></I>) has a knack for looking at the familiar in a slightly different way. He provides a story that is not as silly or as much fun as <I><B>Legally Blonde,</B></I> which just beneath the surface deals with serious issues regarding drug use, boy/girl commitments and how major decisions that will affect your life are made during the teenage years. With respect to the genre of teenage movies, <I>Orange County</I> is a diamond in the rough that truly sparkles.</div> <bR> <div> <TABLE BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="1" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="621" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 19 WIDTH="617"><div> Rated PG 13 for drug content, language and sexuality</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 19 WIDTH="617"><div> George O. Singleton © 2002</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 19 WIDTH="617"><div> <A HREF="mailto:Reelmoviec@aol.com" TARGET="_top" TITLE="mailto:Reelmoviec@aol.com"><U><U>George@reelmoviecritic.com</U></U></A></div> </tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <bR> <div> Mini Filmography </div> <div> <TABLE BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="1" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="579" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 19 WIDTH="286"><div> Colin Hanks: <I><B>Get Over It</B></I></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="286"><div> Jack Black: <I><B>Shallow Hal</B></I></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 19 ><NOBR><div> Lillian Hurst: <I><B>Bread and Roses</B></I></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="286"><div> Schuyler Fisk: Snow Day</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 19 ><NOBR><div> Kevin Kline: <I><B>Life as a House</B></I></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> Lily Tomlin: <I><B>Disney's the Kid</B></I></div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 19 ><NOBR><div> Jake Kasdan: Grosse Pointe- TV</div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> Mike White: <I><B>Chuck and Buck</B></I></div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>