Rent The Oranges (2011)
3.0 of 5 from 78 ratings
1h 31min
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- Synopsis:
David and Paige Walling (Hugh Laurie, Catherine Keener) and Terry and Cathy Ostroff (Oliver Piatt, Allison Janney) are best friends and neighbours living on Orange Drive in suburban New Jersey. Their comfortable existence goes awry when prodigal daughter Nina Ostroff (Leighton Meester), newly broken up with her fiancée, returns home for Thanksgiving after a five-year absence. Rather than developing an interest in the successful son of her neighbours, Toby Walling (Adam Brody), which would please both families, it's her parents' best friend David who captures Nina's attention. When the connection between Nina and David becomes undeniable, everyone's lives are thrown into upheaval, particularly Vanessa Waiting's (Alia Shawkat), Nina's childhood best friend. It's not long before the ramifications of the affair begin to work on all of the family members in unexpected and hilarious ways, leading everyone to reawaken to their lives and reassess what it means to be happy. - Actors:
- Leighton Meester, Hugh Laurie, Catherine Keener, Alia Shawkat, Oliver Platt, Allison Janney, Ian Helfer, Marceline Hugot, Laura Flanagan, Curtis McClarin, Jay Reiss, Sarah Saltzberg, Sam Rosen, Adam Brody, Aya Cash, Hoon Lee, Heidi Kristoffer, Arthur Anderson, Damian Young, Betsy Aidem
- Directors:
- Julian Farino
- Producers:
- Anthony Bregman, Leslie Urdang, Dean Vanech
- Writers:
- Ian Helfer, Jay Reiss
- Studio:
- Paramount
- Genres:
- Comedy, Romance
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Reviews (1) of The Oranges
Unfunny, predictable - The Oranges review by AB
What on earth was Hugh Laurie thinking when he took this on - and *why* attempt to be an American? Doesn't the USA produce actors? Family breakdown, twee-US style with no redeeming qualities beyond toe-curling (but believable) scenes between the families but I would struggle to call this a comedy and certainly not "hilarious" as the CinemaParadiso synopsis describes the film.
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