Who'd thought it...

Rating: 7/10 (6 April 2012)

"Orphan" is one of the most watched thriller of 2009, with huge popularity here in Brazil. Vera Farmiga and Peter Sarsgaard play a couple that adopts a child, but once the time passes, weird things begin to happen. Many stated "Case 39" was a copy of this, but even thought the films have some similarity, in the end they're pretty different. The story is involving and at times stressing, given that this adopted girl does every evil thing she wants and nobody is able to even notice it. Most of the scenes are plausible, apart from the psychiatrist's; this 'professional' talks to the girl in some sessions, and she's NEVER able to notice that the kid is totally nuts and a serial killer. Some people stated "ooh but the kid is crazy and smart, she fooled the psychiatrist"; come on guys, that's EXACTLY what psychiatrists are for, they're paid to find out if the patient has any disorder! Also, I found extremely funny when this "professional" began praising Esther's qualities and slaughter the mother's behavior. I have to congratulate the make-up team for such difference they made between the Esther the kid and Esther the 33 year old woman; I blindly thought they were two different actresses. All in all, "Orphan" isn't an excellent thriller but is a very good one!