Okay......(leaves room).....

Rating: 7/10 (17 April 2010)

Okay? So let me get this right? Isabelle Fuhrman just made her acting debut in a psychological slash thriller film by playing a naughty little child? I am very impressed by her acting and performance but her accent was what got me the most. Isabelle Fuhrman is born in America while her Russian accent is just amazing. I have not seen anybody do any better than that, except Russians, and it just makes her a little bit more scary. Who wants a little Russian girl that has an appetite for killing in their room (I meant it as a comment so please don't take offense!). The films beginning starts out as a bit of a cliché and the films moods is mysterious in a bad way. The film is also slow at the beginning and that led me to saying, "What the f*ck is this?" but I very much regret saying that a little bit later as I got ONE of the scariest shocks in my 12 year old life. The film is like the Omen and The Exorcist blended together in a blender that never stops but just goes faster and faster. This film is NO masterpiece because it's setting didn't work for a LOT of people. The exciting or the scary scenes are something that have been copied from other movies but just have a little bit of original elements in it. The film is scary and the twist at the end is very surprising and unexpected. Without the twist at the end, the movie would have been utter crap but the director has a smart brain and thanks to him this movie turned out to be good. The cover for Orphan can make you just look at it for a second and then walk on but they don't what they are missing out on. Vera Farmiga is a very complex character who has lost a baby that she has not even met. She is scarred by that and wants to adopt another child. Unluckily she picks the devils worshiper out of the bunch and that leads her life out of control. Her acting is exceptional. Jimmy Bennett also gave a good performance as he played the good little brother who finds out about his devil-like new sister. WTF! Everyone should dare to watch this and come out alive, most would, and the rest of them are... are....are chickens.
Kate and John Coleman are rebuilding their troubled marriage. Kate had a drinking problem, but is in therapy and is doing well. She has been sober for one year. The couple decides to adopt a child. When they meet the nine-year-old Russian girl, Esther, at the St. Marina Orphanage, they immediately fall in love with the well-educated orphan. Their young son, Daniel, is hostile to his new sister; but their deaf-mute daughter, little Max, is enchanted with her - at first. Eventually, Kate begins to feel that Esther is manipulative and possibly even psychologically disturbed. John refuses to listen to his wife's misgivings, and the wounds in their marriage reopen. Kate calls Sister Abigail at the orphanage, and the nun informs her that Esther has a troubled and mysterious history. Kate delves further into Esther's past and discovers she is not at all who she pretends to be.
My favorite scenes in the movie have to be when the mother finds out that her newly adopted daughter is a actually a multiple personality disorder someone who is actually 33 years old but her hormones make her look like a nine year old kid. Esther is a very good character but could not match the little kid in Omen but she does give a good scare. My other favorite part has to be when she breaks her arm on purpose because it just shows that she will do anything to stay on top. The end fight scene between her and Esther is scary but we all know that it's "Goodbye, Esther!". The film worked for me but it did have its downers. 7/10 - Pretty good!