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The Oranges

  • 20112011
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  • 1h 30m
IMDb RATING
5.8/10
13K
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Catherine Keener, Oliver Platt, Allison Janney, Adam Brody, Hugh Laurie, Alia Shawkat, and Leighton Meester in The Oranges (2011)
A guy falls for the daughter of a family friend, making life just a bit awkward for himself and the family.
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The enduring friendship between the Walling and Ostroff families is tested when Nina, the prodigal Ostroff daughter, returns home for the holidays after a five-year absence and enters into a... Read allThe enduring friendship between the Walling and Ostroff families is tested when Nina, the prodigal Ostroff daughter, returns home for the holidays after a five-year absence and enters into an affair with David, head of the Walling family.The enduring friendship between the Walling and Ostroff families is tested when Nina, the prodigal Ostroff daughter, returns home for the holidays after a five-year absence and enters into an affair with David, head of the Walling family.
IMDb RATING
5.8/10
13K
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    • Julian Farino
    • Ian Helfer
    • Jay Reiss
  • Stars
    • Leighton Meester
    • Hugh Laurie
    • Catherine Keener
    • Julian Farino
    • Ian Helfer
    • Jay Reiss
  • Stars
    • Leighton Meester
    • Hugh Laurie
    • Catherine Keener
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    • 37User reviews
    • 70Critic reviews
    • 46Metascore
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    Catherine Keener in The Oranges (2011)
    Alia Shawkat in The Oranges (2011)
    Oliver Platt, Allison Janney, Hugh Laurie, and Alia Shawkat in The Oranges (2011)
    Adam Brody in The Oranges (2011)
    Catherine Keener, Oliver Platt, Allison Janney, Adam Brody, Hugh Laurie, Alia Shawkat, and Leighton Meester in The Oranges (2011)
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    Leighton Meester
    Leighton Meester
    • Nina
    Hugh Laurie
    Hugh Laurie
    • David
    Catherine Keener
    Catherine Keener
    • Paige
    Allison Janney
    Allison Janney
    • Cathy
    Alia Shawkat
    Alia Shawkat
    • Vanessa
    Oliver Platt
    Oliver Platt
    • Terry
    Ian Helfer
    • Christmas Caroler
    Marceline Hugot
    Marceline Hugot
    • Christmas Caroler
    Laura Flanagan
    • Christmas Caroler
    Curtis McClarin
    • Christmas Caroler
    Jay Reiss
    • Christmas Caroler
    Sarah Saltzberg
    • Christmas Caroler
    Sam Rosen
    • Ethan
    Adam Brody
    Adam Brody
    • Toby
    Aya Cash
    Aya Cash
    • Maya
    Hoon Lee
    Hoon Lee
    • Henry
    Heidi Kristoffer
    Heidi Kristoffer
    • Meredith Lovett
    Arthur Anderson
    Arthur Anderson
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      • Ian Helfer
      • Jay Reiss
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    • Trivia
      Leighton Meester (Nina) and Adam Brody (Toby) are married in real life.
    • Goofs
      When David is talking to Nina in the coffee shop, the level of Nina's coffee does not remain consistent.
    • Quotes

      [First lines]

      Vanessa: [narrating] The question of happiness has preoccupied philosophers, poets and pharmaceutical companies for thousands of years. Clearly, it's a tricky one.

    • Connections
      Referenced in Room (2015)
    • Soundtracks
      Caroling Jingle Bells
      Written by James Pierpont

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    User reviews37

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    7/10
    Decent
    The Oranges gives the viewer a light hearted look at what is traditionally considered very taboo. A middle aged man whose daughter still lives at home falls in love with his best friends daughter, who happens to be the same age as his daughter. Factor in that he is still married, and she as of last week was engaged, and all the makings of a dark depressing midlife crisis come to a head in tragic and heartbreaking ways in what could only be an indie drama... Except that it isn't a drama, it is a lighthearted family comedy.

    Such taboo subjects, under a different light with different music, could easily have found itself in contention for being quite the drama, but alas, the whole film is flipped upside down with a plot that feels so unauthentic and ridiculous that I often had to stop myself and say "no way his friend would be feeling okay with this." It felt like these families were alien, living in a different soda-pop world than the one I have seen of the suburbs. If this didn't make me cringe enough, the music would pop in and make me feel like for some reason I'm supposed to be okay with throwing your wife away for a newer model.

    However, oddly enough, at the end of the day the complete and total disregard for all things righteous actually won me over. I won't by any means label this as anything worthwhile to filmmaking, which it wasn't, but the absurdness of all of this (especially the music) piling up somehow worked, and the film mainly works because the acting really makes the ridiculous believable. Catherine Keener gives an awesome performance, as well as Oliver Platt, who sells the most unrealistic character ever devised like he is more real than Shakespeare (yes Shakespeare is real.)

    This film at several moments felt like by all means it should fail miserably, but thanks to the talent involved, it manages to be saved. One can tell that the screenplay just wasn't very good, but at the end of the day, somehow this film works. It is far from a great film, by any means, but it works. 7 out of 10.
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    • Nov 4, 2013

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      • October 5, 2012 (United States)
      • United States
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      • English
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      • Yonkers, New York, USA
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      • ATO Pictures
      • Olympus Pictures
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    • 1 hour 30 minutes
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