Subscribe.Orphan
Release date: Friday July 24, 2009
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller, Drama
Running time: 1 hour 45 minutes
Director: Jaume Collet-Serra
Studio: Warner Bros. Pictures
Screenplay: David Leslie Johnson
Producer(s): Erik Olsen, Jennifer Davisson Killoran, Joel Silver, Susan Downey
Cast: Vera Farmiga, Peter Sarsgaard, Isabelle Fuhrman, CCH Pounder
Official Site: orphan-movie.warnerbros.com
Rating: R for disturbing violent content, some sexuality and language
Available film art: Orphan movie posters
Synopsis
The tragic loss of their unborn child has devastated Kate and John, taking a toll on both their marriage and Kate’s fragile psyche as she is plagued by nightmares and haunted by demons from her past. Struggling to regain some semblance of normalcy in their lives, the couple decides to adopt another child. At the local orphanage, both John and Kate find themselves strangely drawn to a young girl named Esther. Almost as soon as they welcome Esther into their home, however, an alarming series of events begins to unfold, leading Kate to believe that there’s something wrong with Esther–this seemingly angelic little girl is not what she appears to be. Concerned for the safety of her family, Kate tries to get John and others to see past Esther’s sweet facade. But her warnings go unheeded until it may be too late…for everyone.
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July 12th, 2009 at 10:44 am
A lot of adoptive parents are angry about one line in this film: It must be hard to love an adopted child like your own.
They are angry about this movie line but are perfectly content that their adopted child has a birth certificate that was permanently sealed from him/her and a falsified “amended” one issued.
Adoptees have to live their lives carrying around amended birth certificates and are NEVER allowed to see their original birth certificates containing their true names and the names of his/her true biological parents. Adopting parents get to have their names placed on the amended certificates as the birth parents! What lies!!!! These violations of a childs rights does not concern the protestors because it works for them! It is not their ethnicities, their heritages that are sealed. No, their newly purchased child will be forced to accept these lies are his/her truth. These self-righteous people own the copyrights to their adopted child’s identity and could care less that it’s FICTION that is on their child’s birth certificate.
It is downright disgraceful and pathetic what people choose to protest.
I’m wearing my Orphan movie t-shirt to the theatre on opening day because getting angry over one-liners and not giving a hoot about our (adoptees) civil rights is laughable.