Orphan Blu ray movie review

Orphan was a pleasant surprise. The trailers suggested another horror/thriller movie featuring a creepy little child murdering everyone. There has been influx of horror films featuring a young child as the main evil character. Orphan deserves to be considered one of the best amongst them. There’s something to be said about a small girl going on a murderous rampage. It’s more scary and creepy at the same time. Director Jaume Collet-Serra’s decision to cast Isabelle Fuhrman as the lead was stroke of genius.

With exception to the small twist toward the end, the plot is very straight forward. The audiences aren’t kept in the dark about the malice nature of Esther. We see from the early on that this little girl is bad news. And, the director or the writer doesn’t try to hide it any way. It is not a thriller/horror film that challenges the viewers to guess who the real bad guy is. John and Kate decide to adopt two years after Kate gives birth to stillborn girl. They end up adopting Esther from an orphanage. Things start to go bad at the school and at home. Esther pits everyone against each other. Kate sees her for who she is while John tries to protect Esther. The suspense and violence is nothing new. But, the little twist at the end and the performances make the movie very watchable.

A lot of the reviewers might consider this a “B” movie. However, it is unfair to label this movie in such manner. While it is fairly derivative, the performance and overall execution is very well done. The performance by Isabelle Fuhrman in this movie has been compared to Natalie Portman in The Professional. Peter Sarsgaard and Vera Farmiga are both very good actors in their own right. This is definitely one of the better horror/thriller movies of 2009.

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