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Mature dramedy doesn't deliver on interesting premise. Read Common Sense Media's The Oranges review, age rating, and parents guide.
- ATO Pictures
- Julian Farino
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David and Paige Walling (Laurie and Keener) and Terry and Cathy Ostroff (Platt and Janney) are best friends, neighbors, and live on Orange Drive in suburban New Jersey.
It's kind of like a dysfunctional family dramedy except the families really do function normal enough and well enough prior to the beginning of the plot. And also it's a comedy. It poses some fairly serious questions but presents them all in a light-hearted, humorous fashion.
A plethora of actors show how to make a dysfunctional family dramedy funny. “The Oranges” centers on two families, each with mom and dad and former teenage daughter (now a twenty-something daughter), living across the street from each other in West Orange, New Jersey.
Sep 14, 2011 · The second feature from British director Julian Farino, now a staple on the LA TV scene, it's a sitcom-ish dramedy set in the flush suburb of New Jersey, to which it owes its title.
Jul 24, 2012 · The official trailer for the quirky comedy has arrived to give us our first look at its exceptional family dysfunction. 'The Oranges' tells the story of the neighboring Ostroff and Walling ...
