Orphan (2009)
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Critic Consensus: While it has moments of dark humor and the requisite scares, Orphan fails to build on its interesting premise and degenerates into a formulaic, sleazy horror/thriller.
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Movie Info
| Rating: | R (for disturbing violent content, some sexuality and language) |
| Genre: | Drama, Horror, Mystery & Suspense |
| Directed By: | Jaume Collet-Serra |
| Written By: | David Leslie Johnson |
| In Theaters: | Jul 24, 2009 Wide |
| On DVD: | Oct 27, 2009 |
| Box Office: | $41.5M |
| Runtime: |
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as John Coleman
as Kate Coleman
as Esther
as Daniel Coleman
as Sister Abigail
as Max Coleman
as Dr. Varava
as Dr. Browning
as Grandma Barbara
as Brenda
as Joyce
as Detective
as Sister Judith
as Daniel's Friend
as Daniel's Friend
as Hospital Receptionis...
as Delivery Room Nurse
Critic Reviews for Orphan
All Critics (148) | Top Critics (34) | Fresh (81) | Rotten (66) | DVD (16)
Decidedly amoral.
Director Jaume Collet-Serra (House of Wax) endows this ugly mess with a slew of unintentional laughs, but not enough to repay the 123-minute time suck.
Directed crisply and with a palpable air of mid-'70s paranoia thriller.
Dump a murderous psycho brat with a corny Russian accent into that troubled mix and you've got a real horror show on your hands. But not a good one.
Weak adult characters and lame ending aside, Orphan succeeds more often than not, mainly thanks to Fuhrman's performance and Collet-Serra's direction. It's not a fantastic thriller but it's not bad and often far better than it probably should be.
If we could all stop for a moment and think about how excellent and uplifting garbage can be, America would rally around this movie like the treasure it is.
Audience Reviews for Orphan
I hope I didn't have any brain damage from watching this awful piece of crap that goes for every single ridiculous clich� of horror movies: from stupid scares even when there is nothing to be afraid of to the most irritating idiocy of nobody ever believing the main character.
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The evil child coming to a household that has it's own demons from the past to deal with is such a well known movie trope, that it's hard to imagine a film having much too add to the genre. And this one doesn't really. The tension builds slowly and you actually feel bad for the well acted child antagonist for a while. As things get more bloody, the film becomes less believable, but at least the twist adds some very fresh spice to the mix and doesn't have to rely on any supernatural element. The showdown is exciting even if a little unbelievable. Overall pretty entertaining and while never particularly scary the film has its moments of tension.
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Orphan Quotes
| Esther: | It must be hard to love an adopted child as much as your own. |
| Esther: | I'll cut your hairless little prick off before you even figure out what it's for. |
| Esther: | Thats the story of that's the glory of love. |
| Esther: | I know. They fuck. |
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