Orphan

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  • Opened July 24, 2009 
  • 2 hr 3 min
  • R | some sexuality, disturbing violent content and language
  • Parents: Common Sense Media says Iffy for 16+. More on child suitability

  • Devastated by the loss of their unborn baby, Kate (Vera Farmiga) and John (Peter Sarsgaard) decide to adopt a child. At the orphanage, both feel drawn to a little girl (Isabelle Fuhrman) named Esther, and soon the couple take their new daughter home. But when a dangerous series of events unfolds, Kate begins to suspect that there is something evil lurking behind the child's angelic exterior. Full synopsis

  • Cast: Peter Sarsgaard, Vera Farmiga, Isabelle Fuhrman, CCH Pounder, Jimmy Bennett
  • Director: Jaume Collet-Serra
  • Genres: Horror, Suspense/Thriller

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by Punk_Kanellis

Orphan was insane. I will never in my life adopt someone from a strange country without paperwork. If you like horror, this is maxed out horror. It's not very gory, I'd just say terrifying and...

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by michael144

This movie was so scary!!!...

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scary good

by Jstein333

I was so scared but it was so good even though i covered my eyes sometime...

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Chicago Sun-Times
| Roger Ebert

You want a good horror film about a child from hell, you got one. Do not, under any circumstances, take children to see it. Take my word on this. Read full review

75
San Francisco Chronicle
| Mick LaSalle

A two-hour nervous breakdown. Read full review

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Philadelphia Inquirer
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Orphan, with a perverse plot twist at the end, will keep you on tenterhooks from its nightmarish opening scene to its chilling last frame. Read full review

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St. Louis Post-Dispatch
| Kevin C. Johnson

During a summer with the usual transforming robots and young wizards, this chilly flick is a bit of a break, and there are worse options than letting this Orphan in the door. Read full review

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Peter Sarsgaard as John Coleman, Isabelle Fuhrman as Esther and Vera Farmiga as Kate Coleman in "Orphan."