Something's wrong with ... This movie!

Rating: 2/10 (28 July 2009)

Okay, for a little background. I love horror movies, even really bad ones. In fact, I love most movies no matter how bad. My wife gets scared by anything and I just like cheesy spooks and am happy to suspend disbelief.
Orphan tested all my limits, I just couldn't get into this movie. I felt bad because other people in the movie (there were only about three other couples) didn't laugh once but my wife and I couldn't stop.
The movie was predictable but then again, aren't all horror movies? I didn't figure out the twist ending but I wasn't trying to but I wasn't surprised either. But this movie was just silly. The adoptive parents were just so foolish even after they began to suspect that there was something wrong with Esther.
No granted, maybe this seems silly to me because I was a foster parent and am looking to adopt a child. I also know people who have adopted several kids who have come at their foster parents with knives etc. - kids who were horribly abused yet their adoptive parents helped them become healthy and happy (my wife and I have overnight babysat these boys countless times) - also, we have known one family where the adoptive child had severe Reactive Attachment Disorder etc. and just could never be reached - this child never physically hurt the family but terrorized their biological children for years causing a lot of psychological damage.
The only part of the movie that was scary was the first scene and the one with the nun, after she drives off the road by the bridge.
This movie should have been scary to me but it just wasn't - it was just too absurd! Save your money watch it from one of those DVD vending machines for a buck instead.