The Orphanage
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Movie Reviews of The Orphanage
Movie Review: Wonderful gem of a thriller
Summary: 5 Stars
I hesitated to watch this movie as it was in spanish with subtitles. Boy am I glad I did.
This movie really pulls you along until the final moments. It starts with a good pace and gains momentum as the minutes go on. I felt myself completely drawn in, which is not easy to do.
I won't cover the plot here, that's been done already. I will say that if you want a movie that will make your skin shiver and have you jump at every noise then this is the one. Definitely made for scares and thrills. I hope we see more from this director.
Movie Review: Creepy movie that doesn't completely suck
Summary: 4 Stars
Although this movie moves slowly at director's leisurely pace it's merits outweigh its flaws. This movie vaguely reminded me of the movie The Others. However imperfect, by the end it's far superior to other films in this genre, especially in craftsmanship. Although I don't normally watch these kinds of films at least this is one I can take seriously. It's not just made for the sake of sudden nonsensical scares like someone suddenly approaching from behind or a sudden klaxon coming from the soundtrack to make you jump.
I would have given it 3 stars until it reached the end, which I didn't totally predict, so that bumped up my rating up to a 4.
Note: I went in thinking this movie was directed by Guillermo del Toro (since his name is plastered everywhere); this is what originally drew me to the film. It wasn't till after I watched it that I realized he was actually just one of the Producers.
Movie Review: Classic Supernatural Suspense
Summary: 5 Stars
Guillermo Del Toro's film factory has produced another masterpiece of ghostly suspense for those of us old enough to remember when supernatural films were truly scary and not just disgustingly gory. Like previous films of this type, Del Toro's own Cronos, Devil's Backbone & Pan's Labyrinth and similar films such as 'The Other', 'The Shining'. and the 'The Haunting', this film by first time director Juan Bayona is suspenseful ghost story that relies on the audience's immersion into the details of the atmosphere of the story rather than visual shock. Not that there aren't a few quick shockers, but the film relies more on story and character development than the usual blood and guts that turns off many film goers. Like the 'Sixth Sense', the film's ending leaves you with the desire to view it again to catch what you missed the first time. The only negative aspect of this film is that some English speaking only viewers may be put off by the foreign language audio and subtitles. I watched this film on DVD and I wish that an English audio option was available even though I could follow some of the Spanish audio because the need to read on-screen text serves as a distraction to the visual style of the film itself.Movie Review: Scary In Any Language
Summary: 4 Stars
THE ORPHANAGE is an excellent film of the ghost story sub genre and should even appeal to horror film who usually reject movies filmed in languages other than English. The English subtitles may detract a bit from the scare factor but the very effective spooky imagery, haunting music and highly atmospheric setting soon make the viewer forget the spoken language is Spanish. As the title suggests and like so many other classic ghost story films (THE CHANGELING, THE INNOCENTS and THE OTHERS come quickly to mind) children play large roles in both the plot and theme of the film. And as in most horror movies the viewer must be able to suspend some disbelief concerning some of the characters' unlikely actions and some other unrealistic plot elements. The film is well acted by actors who are mostly not well known to average American movie fans though Geraldine Chaplin who starred years ago as Tonya in the classic DR ZHIVAGO is perfect as the white faced medium Aurora.Movie Review: The opposite of scary: BORING
Summary: 1 Stars
Don't waste your time.... There are so many holes in this story and the production that even the paranoid will run out of the room from boredom not fear.....