Orphan

Theatrical Release Date: 2008 (USA) / 2009 07 24 (USA)

UPC: 883929048694

Studio: Warner Home Video

MPAA Rating: R   Contains:[Violence, Profanity, Sexual Situations]

Summary: An outwardly angelic little girl displays an unforeseen devilish streak upon moving into the home of her new adoptive parents in this shocker starring Peter Sarsgaard and Vera Farmiga. In the aftermath of a miscarriage, prospective parents Kate (Farmiga) and John (Sarsgaard) find their lives turned upside down; their marriage is falling apart, and the demons of Kate's past begin manifesting themselves in a series of horrifying nightmares. Deciding that the best means of achieving some semblance of normalcy is to simply adopt, the dejected couple visits a local orphanage. There, they are both drawn to a nine-year-old girl named Esther. But Esther isn't as sweet as first impressions suggest, and almost immediately after welcoming the young child into their home, Kate and John suspect that something is terribly wrong with their adoptive daughter. Kate can see right through Esther's seraphic charm, though her attempts to convince everyone else of the truth go unheeded by her skeptical family and friends. By the time anyone bothers to take Kate seriously, it may be too late to prevent a devastating tragedy from unfolding. ~ Jason Buchanan, Rovi

Category: Horror

Features: Additional scenes including a chilling alternate ending

Orphan

Format: DVD

Release Date: 10/27/2009

Audio: DD5.1 Dolby Digital 5.1

Runtime: 123 Minutes

Sides: 1

Number of Discs: 1

Language(s) English,French,Spanish

Subtitles: English,French,Spanish

Region: USA & territories, Canada

Chapters: Disc #1 -- Orphan
1. It's a Girl [4:12]
2. Are You Okay? [5:03]
3. Kate's Feelings [4:04]
4. Esther's Stories [6:09]
5. Her New Home [3:54]
6. Wakeup Call [3:43]
7. What;'s Wrong with You? [3:32]
8. Prying and Primal [3:42]
9. Who's Jessica? [2:26]
10. One Little Dirty Word [3:46]
11. Brenda Goes Down [3:12]
12. Negative Vibes [4:14]
13. Secrets Out [2:51]
14. There She Is [3:33]
15. Sister Sidetracked [2:50]
16. Don't Tell or Else [3:02]
17. Misled and Missing [:05]
18. No Record [3:40]
19. Something Nice for Mommy [3:16]
20. Grip of Guilt [3:52]
21. Accident and Blame [3:36]
22. Cruelest Torture [3:41]
23. Burn the Evidence [3:34]
24. Hospital Horror [1:57]
25. Daddy's Girl [3:54]
26. Dangerously Ill [5:23]
27. Rampage [5:06]
28. Shooting to Kill [4:11]
29. The Drop on Esther [2:40]
30. Ice Rage [3:57]

Cammila Collar

Evil kid movies are a staple of the horror genre, and they're usually pretty predictable. That's not necessarily a bad thing; seeing innocent little faces twist up with murderous rage is creepy to begin with -- that's why these movies exist. And to a large extent, Orphan is no different. However, this movie comes with a twist: a truly insane surprise ending that's so bizarre it's almost innovative. It will delight horror fans looking for something outlandishly weird, and induce vomiting for any casual, mild-mannered moviegoers, who assumed that a film starring Vera Farmiga and Peter Sarsgaard would be all pared down and modest.

The two leads play parents Kate and John, an upper-middle-class couple with two lovely children, one lovely home, and a giant pile of familial issues, ranging from alcoholism to unresolved grief over the stillbirth of their daughter about a year before. So, of course, the best way to heal the household is to bring in an unnervingly sophisticated little girl -- in this case, a nine-year-old Russian orphan named Esther. She's smart and polite, and you can tell she's evil because she's creepily articulate and really pale.

Unexplained accidents and eerie stares soon escalate into actual maliciousness, and Esther becomes exponentially more vicious -- though John's been manipulated by her cuteness and doesn't see it. Kate tries to convince him, but has no credibility with anybody because of the lingering stigma over her alcoholism, so she goes steadily bonkers having a wicked child in the house. This whole cerebral backbone of the story is actually pretty solid, no doubt because of the high-caliber talent in the starring roles. And it's a good thing, because for a movie about an little girl, there's a lot of screen time devoted to the emotional narrative, and there are only a couple of violent scenes in the whole film (though they do get increasingly wilder).

But, of course, by the time the big twist happens in the final act, you're in the middle of a frenzied race against time, and there are crazy-bombs dropping left and right. It would be a crime to spoil any details about the madness of that climax, but suffice it to say, it more than makes up for the rest of the movie being somewhat more discreet. ~ Cammila Collar, Rovi

Cast and Crew: Leonardo DiCaprio  Producer 
Don Carmody  Executive Producer 
Joel Silver  Producer 
John Ottman  Composer (Music Score) 
Steve Richards  Executive Producer 
Jaume Collet-Serra  Director 
Susan Downey  Producer 
David Leslie Johnson  Screenwriter 
Jennifer Davisson Killoran  Producer 
Michael Ireland  Executive Producer 
Peter Sarsgaard  Actor 
Vera Farmiga  Actor 
Isabelle Fuhrman  Actor 
CCH Pounder  Actor 
Jimmy Bennett  Actor 
Aryana Engineer  Actor 
Margo Martindale  Actor 
Karel Roden  Actor 
Rosemary Dunsmore  Actor 
Jamie Young  Actor 
Lorry Ayers  Actor 
Brendan Wall  Actor 
Genelle Williams  Actor 
Mustafa Abdelkarim  Actor 
Landon Norris  Actor 
Julien Elia  Actor 
Leni Parker  Actor 

Country: Canada,Germany,USA