Orange County

Another Jack Black rampage, this time as supporting actor, plays as a bit of a Ferris Bueller in reverse; plus Colin Hanks in the lead role is more reminiscent of Matthew Broderick than his uber-famous kin. Neither original enough nor funny enough to be a good film, it does have a few moments of laugh out loud gutbusting, courtesy of M. Black, to keep it going. Young Hanks is affable and competant enough and the supporting cast is colourful if a little (well ok a lot) 2D. Despite all of it's drawbacks it somehow comes out the other end as very very likeable and by the time the big cheesy ending came there was a big satisfied smile on my face. And as a bonus it is only 72 minutes long - a good tip if a film isn't great, cut it down to bones and it just might work. 6/10 Kx