The Oranges

The Oranges (2011)

It's about to get juicy.

A man's affair with his friend's much-younger daughter throws two neighboring families into turmoil.

Date of release
2011-09-09
TMDB
5.5 / 10 (525)
Runtime
1h 30m
Genres
Comedy, Romance, Drama
Director
Julian Farino

Casting

Interesting facts

  • Filmed in: New Jersey

The Oranges is a 2011 American romantic comedy-drama directed by Julian Farino and starring Hugh Laurie, Leighton Meester, Catherine Keener, Oliver Platt, Allison Janney, Alia Shawkat, and Adam Brody. The film chronicles how two families deal with a scandal involving a married man and his friend's daughter. Set in The Oranges area of Essex County, New Jersey, The Oranges was primarily filmed in New Rochelle, New York. It premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival on September 10, 2011, and was released in the United States on October 5, 2012, by ATO Pictures. The film received mostly negative reviews upon its release and criticism and attacks for its ageist themes and tropes.

Production

The script, by Jay Reiss and Ian Helfer, appeared on 2008's Black List of best unproduced work; that list also featured The Beaver and Inglourious Basterds. Reiss and Helfer wrote the spec script, inspired by a story they heard from friends, during the Writers Guild of America strike. The film marks Julian Farino's debut as motion picture director; he had previously directed episodes of Entourage.

Richard Gere's agent Ed Limato called Farino to tell him Gere was interested in the script, but Farino wanted only Hugh Laurie to play David because he had "that innate decency that could carry this thing". On February 8, 2010, Laurie was reported to be in talks to play his first feature lead role. Leighton Meester and Mila Kunis were also said to be under consideration for Nina.

Meester and Laurie had previously worked together when she guest-starred in two episodes of House, which had plot elements somewhat similar to those of The Oranges. In the 2006 House episode "Lines in the Sand", Meester's character is a 17-year-old who relentlessly pursues Laurie's character, flirting with him and insisting that they should have sex.

The ending was rewritten before shooting. During filming, Laurie, Meester, Janney, Platt, and Brody shared a house. While the film is set in the fall, from Thanksgiving to Christmas in New Jersey, principal filmography started at the end of March 2010 in the upscale Beechmont section of New Rochelle in Westchester County, New York, and lasted 29 days.

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