I'm at a loss of words.

Rating: 10/10 (26 July 2009)

'Orphan' is about as dark and disturbing as any other movie about a couple who adopted a seemingly polite child.Esther may seem like a smart 9-year old who behaves well and has a great talent at painting.Like any other movie about a child who seems polite, there's always something wrong with the child.It just goes to show that there IS something wrong with Esther.Do you want to know all of the bad things that she did in the movie? She kills a nun by bashing her in the head with a hammer over and over.She lights a tree house on fire while there is a boy on top of it screaming for help.She smothers a child to death with a pillow.She even seduces her father.On a scale of 1 to 10 of how crazy Esther is, she scores a positive 11.I have never seen a movie as dark or disturbing as 'Orphan'. It is an excellent horror movie, but some of the scenes were so gruesome that I'd figure that I would have nightmares for a week.What really made the movie good was it's twists and turns.There are so many of them, that this movie seems like an older version of other thrillers like 'The Hand That Rocks The Cradle' and 'The Omen'.If you're going to see this movie, you better have a strong stomach, because this movie is just plain crazy, in a good way.Take my word for it and whatever you do, never let your children see this movie.I'm 13 years old so I should know if this movie is too grizzly and shocking for kids.You are in for 123 minutes that will have you shaking once the movie is over.