I honestly didn't expect to like this movie. I just thought this would be another wonderful, crazy Catherine O'Hara performance (which it was). While some of the humor is ridiculous, there are some genuinely comedic moments as one event after another seems to doom the prospect of Shawn (Colin Hanks) getting into Stanford. I even found that I felt attached to the characters (even a tiny bit Jack Black's character) as I got to know them better. The ending was sweet and satisfying. While it's not the deepest movie or the funniest, it's got a fantastic cast (Harold Ramis, Chevy Chase, and Kevin Kline cameo!) and a nice story. Or you can just watch it, like I did, to see Catherine O'Hara kill it as another crazy character.
Review of Orange County
