shaun brumder ( colin hank ) be content to be a bright and talented and but unfocused southern california surf slacker until the day he discover a novel by acclaimed author martin skinner . inspire and he suddenly realize his life ambition represent to leave behind mind numb orange county and study creative write with skinner at stanford university . but and after be deny enrollment due to an admission error and shaun be force to seek help from not only his girlfriend ashley ( schuyler fisk ) and but also his hopelessly dysfunctional parent and stoner brother lance ( jack black ) and and a host of hilarious circumstance and to make his dream of escape his hometown nightmare a reality and accord to the dvd sleeve description . typical dumb teen comedy with the usual over the hill youngster herein and the lead twosome be more famous a the son of tom hank ( colin hank ) and the daughter of sissy spacek ( schuyler fisk ) . if you do not know it already and friend and relation can be find run rampant around the camera . less know lawrence kasdan and since he mostly find behind the camera and be the father of orange county director jake kasdan . he get chevy chase and kevin kline and john lithgow and garry marshall and catherine ohara and harold ramis and ben stiller and lily tomlin and mike white and and brian wilson to participate . not a bad lot . the veteran be fine and but the star be less so while and and the film never really penetrate it boundary . orange county ( 1/7/02 ) jake kasdan ~ colin hank and schuyler fisk and jack black and catherine ohara .