A guidance counselor mistakenly sends out the wrong transcripts to Stanford University under the name of an over-achieving high schooler.A guidance counselor mistakenly sends out the wrong transcripts to Stanford University under the name of an over-achieving high schooler.A guidance counselor mistakenly sends out the wrong transcripts to Stanford University under the name of an over-achieving high schooler.
- Awards
- 3 nominations
- Lonny
- (as Brett Harrison)
- Chad
- (as RJ Knoll)
- Director
- Writer
- All cast & crew
- Production, box office & more at IMDbPro
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaBefore Lance (Jack Black) jumps into the pool to save Shaun (Colin Hanks), he takes off his socks. This was not in the script, but was an idea of Jack Black's wardrobe assistant. Black found the idea hilarious, and the gag remained in the film.
- GoofsAlthough the film is supposed to take place in Orange County, none of it was shot there. All locations are in Los Angeles County.
- Quotes
Firefighter: What's your name?
Lance: Uh, Joe... John... uh, Joe-John.
Firefighter: Your name's Joe-John?
Lance: John-ston, Johnston. Joe.
Firefighter: You wanna tell me what happened here?
Lance: Uh, there was a fire, I dunno, I came by and it's... checkin out the fire.
Firefighter: Well that lady uh, Mona? She said that you two were in the building together when the fire started.
Lance: Yeah, she's a liar, cuz I dunno her so whatever, whatever she says is a lie, so...
Firefighter: K, so you're saying you weren't in the building with that woman?
Lance: No, not I! Aright, she started it, aright? Because she was like "I hate my job, I'm gonna burn this mother down!" And I said "You better not... you better not!"
Firefighter: She said it was an electrical fire.
Lance: It was. It was a total electrical fire, it was like uh, the switches had sparks comin out, and the sockets, and uh it was like the 4th of July, man!
Firefighter: Why aren't you wearing your pants, Joe?
Lance: I tripped, and uh then I had to take 'em off to run faster out of the flames...
[coughing]
Lance: I think I inhaled some smoke, will you excuse me one second, I'll be right back.
[runs away in the background]
Firefighter: [into walkie talkie] We got a sprinter. Five foot five, no pants, unkempt... portly.
- Crazy creditsDuring the opening credits both the font of the credits and the way they are displayed are similar to that of the output of a typewriter.
- ConnectionsEdited into 5 Second Movies: Orange County (2009)
- SoundtracksStory of My Life
by Mike Ness (as Michael Ness)
Performed by Social Distortion
Courtesy of Epic Records
By Arrangement with Sony Music Licensing
This was a surprisingly fun movie. There are plenty of laughs from start to finish as the story successfully stays just the right side of the line which divides hilarity and cringe-inducing embarrassment. Colin Hanks is solid as protagonist Shaun and Schuyler Fisk impresses as girlfriend Ashley; of the main cast of characters these are the most 'normal'. The other main characters are all fairly dysfunctional; especially Shaun's family. Jack Black stands out as his stoner brother whose attempts to help make matters worse... given the DVD box one might expect him to be on screen for much of the film but he is very much a secondary character; that isn't a problem though as he is funny when on screen but would detract from the story if he'd featured much more. The rest of the cast, which includes quite a few well-known actors in cameo roles is impressive. Comedies about teens seem to favour gross out humour these days but there is nothing really offensive here... unless the sight of Jack Black in his Y-fronts bothers you! Overall I'd recommend this to anybody wanting a good laugh.
Details
- Release date
- Country of origin
- Languages
- Also known as
- Quận Cam
- Filming locations
- 24763 Wooded Vista, West Hills, California, USA(Brumder house)
- Production companies
- See more company credits at IMDbPro
Box office
- Budget
- $18,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $41,076,018
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $15,053,226
- Jan 13, 2002
- Gross worldwide
- $43,325,009
- Runtime1 hour 22 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix