
In conservative West Orange, New Jersey, the Ostroff and Walling families are very close. David Walling and Terry Ostroff are inseparable best friends and run together everyday. David has problems with his wife, Paige. He frequently sleeps alone in his office. Their daughter, Vanessa, is frustrated because she has not succeeded in her career as a designer. Their son, Toby, is moving to China on a temporary assignment. Terry's wife, Cathy, ignores him. Their daughter Nina move... (Full plot summary below)
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In conservative West Orange, New Jersey, the Ostroff and Walling families are very close. David Walling and Terry Ostroff are inseparable best friends and run together everyday. David has problems with his wife, Paige. He frequently sleeps alone in his office. Their daughter, Vanessa, is frustrated because she has not succeeded in her career as a designer. Their son, Toby, is moving to China on a temporary assignment. Terry's wife, Cathy, ignores him. Their daughter Nina moved to San Francisco five years ago. Near Thanksgiving, Nina's boyfriend Ethan betrays her at his birthday party and Nina returns to her parents house. Nina argues with her mother and draws closer to David. Soon they have an affair and fall in love, turning the lives of the people close to them upside-down.
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| East Bay ExpressKelly VanceAll the actors, particularly double-take experts Keener and Janney, have been in much better movies than this. |
| Entertainment WeeklyOwen GleibermanWhat starts off as a neighborhood scandal becomes a liberating thing for everyone involved - an attitude that seems as if it's trying to be oh so European, and might have been had the director, Julian Farino, not been working so hard to convince us of the Deep Inner Goodness of everyone involved. |
| San Francisco ChronicleMick LaSalleThe movie has a saving grace in that it breaks formula. Its concerns are not the usual movie concerns, and it takes what might have been a standard plot in some unexpected directions. |
| Seattle TimesMoira MacDonaldIt's a familiar story made fresh by actors who know how to make each breath matter. |
| Philadelphia City PaperSam AdamsFollows through on its yuckster premise with uncommon insight and dedication, without a shirk or a smirk. |
| New York TimesStephen HoldenHow could a movie starring Hugh Laurie, Oliver Platt, Allison Janney and Catherine Keener go so wrong? That is the mystery behind The Oranges, a dysfunctional-family comedy - excuse the cliché - that backs away in terror from its potentially explosive subject. |
| Birmingham PostGraham YoungBeautifully acted, lovingly shot and something of a pre-Christmas treat to enjoy, one segment at a time. |
| John Hanlon ReviewsJohn HanlonAlthough the film suffers during certain plot developments, the set-up and much of the dialogue ring true in this dramedy. |
| ColeSmithey.comCole Smithey[VIDEO ESSAY] Barely a spark of humor ever pops in a would-be romantic comedy with nowhere to go. |
| The Patriot LedgerAl AlexanderThe problem is that there's nothing terribly funny about families and friendships being torn asunder. |