The Oranges

As much as the dialogue in the film voices an attitude of self-liberation and champions the positives of severing accepted social constraints, it seems to be constantly taking one step forward and two steps back. Full Review

Ultimately, however, what prevents The Oranges from being the movie it might have been is Farino's inability to settle on a tone. Full Review

What we are not spared is the sort of trite movie that lacks the backbone of any good dysfunctional-family comedy: a thread of the universal amid the absurdity. Full Review

Even the actors seem disconnected, with only Leighton Meester - who has the most to prove - working to create a distinguishable character. Full Review

What makes you sit up straight is that The Oranges takes seriously everyone's unhappiness, including the home-wrecker's, without letting anyone off the hook of responsibility for their own becalmed misery. Full Review