The Orphanage
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Actor: Andres Gertrudix, Bel?n Rueda, Carmen Lopez, Fernando Cayo, Geraldine ChaplinCinematographer: Oscar Faura
Composer: Fernando Vel?zquez
DVD: Region Code 0
Audio: English (Subtitled); Spanish (Subtitled); Spanish (Original Language)
Format: Color, Dolby, DVD-Video, NTSC, Subtitled, Widescreen
Running Time: 105 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2008-04-22
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Studio: New Line Home Video
Movie Reviews of The Orphanage
Movie Review: One of the best Horror Films in Years
Summary: 5 Stars
As a huge (and long-time) horror buff stuck in an American film culture that seems content to rip-off and remake the best films of its past and the best films of other countries - this film has already been tapped for remake rights - I was really looking forward to seeing "The Orphanage". Moreover, if there is one thing I enjoy more than a good horror film, it's a great ghost story. "The Orphanage" is both a terrific horror film AND a superbly-crafted ghost story, and more than that, it is one of the best films of 2007.
Gorgeous, well-acted, and flawlessly scripted, "The Orphanage" is a bone-chilling ghost story, a throwback to more traditional haunted-house mysteries, that relies on well-crafted and perfectly executed psychological scares instead of CGI effects and cheap 'bump-in-the-night' jumps and jolts. This film has atmosphere to spare. It slowly crawls under your skin and lingers long after you have left the theater. Some of the scariest moments will indeed make you jump, but its the disturbing nature of the subject matter and the skill with which director Juan Antonio Bayona handles it that will stick with you. Every single plant has a payoff in this film, and no scene or even shot goes wasted. The story is gripping, and will have you on the edge of your seat, and the ending is strangely touching and truly haunting.
I cannot recommend this film enough to horror fans, it is a work of true brilliance.
Summary of The Orphanage
It's only his first film, but Spain's Juan Antonio Bayona has already figured out the secret to a successful supernatural thriller: emphasize character over special effects. Like Walter Salles's Dark Water and Alejandro Amen?bar's The Others, The Orphanage pivots on a pretty woman and an unusual child. When her old orphanage goes on the market, Laura (Bel?n Rueda, Amen?bar's The Sea Inside) and Carlos (Fernando Cayo) settle in with their son, Sim?n (Roger Pr?ncep). Once acclimated to the remote seaside surroundings, they plan to re-open it as a home for special-needs children. Meanwhile, their seven-year-old doesn't know he's adopted or that he has a life-threatening illness. He does, however, have a lot of imaginary playmates. When Sim?n disappears without a trace, his parents contact the police, but to no avail. Because Laura has been hearing odd noises and having strange visions, they proceed to consult a medium. Aurora (Geraldine Chaplin, speaking perfect Spanish) is convinced they aren't alone. Carlos has his doubts, but Laura makes like a detective and revisits her childhood--through photographs, home movies, and exploration of the spooky stone manor--to determine who or what abducted her son. Produced and presented by Guillermo Del Toro, The Orphanage is less fanciful than his works, though it does bear a vague resemblance to the ghostly Devil's Backbone. There are a few gory make-up effects, but Bayona mostly preys on our fear of the unknown to craft a first-rate fright fest. --Kathleen C. FennessyArt House & International DVD Video
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