The Oranges

R

Released Oct 5, 2012

1 hr. 32 min.

Comedy

Drama

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31%

77 Reviews

Tomatometer

32%

5,000+ Ratings

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A man's (Hugh Laurie) affair with his friend's much-younger daughter (Leighton Meester) throws two neighboring families into turmoil.

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Critics Consensus

Despite the efforts of its accomplished cast, The Oranges suffers from a mediocre script that fails to deliver well-rounded characters, dramatic tension, or sufficient laughs.

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Suzanne C

I thought it was funny, it was a chaos movie, it has several valid life points. How people are unreasonable and want instant everything, then are surprised and even have the audacity to be disappointed when the instant they wanted doesn't work out. h How we make things unnecessarily complicated and last, but not least how everything works out every time as is should. There is no one to blame or congratulations, but ourselves. Lived this movie 😍

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

03/22/24

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Mike J

Sonic I think it's so weird to be a big hero for

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

04/29/22

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aleefa b

I'm so surprised this film has such a low rating. It was sooo good, it was everything i would want a film to be, funny, daring and quirky. The film is understated and not over the top, maybe that's why folks didn't like it?

Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars

03/30/23

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Audience Member

I never quite understood the purpose of this film. It's the story of two families who have grown up together - but are essentially dead inside. So to feel something, they start doing selfish things to please themselves. Most of which hurts the others in this extended family. Personally, I found the story to be lackluster and unengaging. Despite the strong cast, I didn't care for any of the characters. Yeah, they were quirky - but they lacked soul. They were suburban zombies who had no purpose, no goals, no dreams... nothing that made me want to follow them or root for them. To make matters worse, during times when the emotions should run high, the soundtrack made most of the noise. Overall - a terrible featue debut from a director using a nihilistic script. In the end, in a movie world where nothing matters - then nothing is at stake. Hard to care what happens there.

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

01/18/23

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Emilio R

Tiene partes entretenidas y un gran actor... Hugh Laurie!

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

06/26/20

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ulises l

There is a terrible situation, and that is to know that being a couple is a social convention, but the terrible thing is that two beings who decide to be a couple against social conventions do not end up being one. The terrible thing about this movie is that really out there in that normal world there are beings who only have a cubic inch of nothing to be happy about, they take that nothing and they are happy, and here in the most stupid way this movie tells them that it is NOT possible to be

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

04/13/20

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Julian Farino

Director

Hugh Laurie

David

Catherine Keener

Paige

Oliver Platt

Terry

Allison Janney

Cathy

Leighton Meester

Nina

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Anna Smith

metro.co.uk

All in all, perfectly fine thanks to the cast and a fitfully witty script - but nothing to write home about.

Rated: 3/5

Sep 1, 2017

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Charlotte O'Sullivan

London Evening Standard

The movie's horribly jaunty soundtrack is a problem. Ditto the blah camera-work. But mostly it's the script, which turns out to be spineless.

Rated: 2/5

Dec 7, 2012

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Synopsis

A man's (Hugh Laurie) affair with his friend's much-younger daughter (Leighton Meester) throws two neighboring families into turmoil.

Director: Julian Farino
Executive Producer: Ian Helfer, Jay Reiss, Stefanie Azpiazu, Sam Hoffman, Dan Revers
Screenwriter: Ian Helfer, Jay Reiss
Distributor: ATO Pictures
Production Co: ATO Pictures, Likely Story, Olympia Pictures
Rating: R (Sexual References|Language|Some Drug Use)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Oct 5, 2012, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Nov 25, 2015
Box Office (Gross USA): $319.4K

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