Sunday, October 14, 2012

Movie Review: The Oranges


The Oranges

Directed by Julian Farino
Starring Leighton Meester, Hugh Laurie, Catherine Keener

C

This movie was enjoyable, but there was nothing special about it. There were comical moments nestled in between my confusion over keeping the characters straight. This is due to casting. I feel the sons and daughters looked more like their neighbors and so when one father starts having an affair with the daughter from the family across the street, I had a hard time remembering which woman was the scorn wife and which was the upset mother. There was a surprise ending, as the young woman who was involved with the man her father’s age decided to not travel down path A or path B and instead pave a new way for herself. I appreciated her decision and I feel it showed growth in the character.

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