Twisted Film with Depraved Undertones

Rating: 1/10 (20 March 2011)

By all means never never let children see this film. I was drawn into an early morning viewing of Orphan when I saw Vera Farmiga and Peter Sarsgaard in an initial scene. They are marvelous actors and typically in movies worth watching, and, at first, the plot seemed intriguing. Then the movie starts spinning its tale of this evil child worse than the Omen's Damien. But that's not what makes the film awful, it's the manipulation of both the children and the audience as it builds the beyond belief evilness of the title character.
On top of the depravity towards the end of the film which I will not "spoil" nor do I want to discuss further, the film deteriorates into down right silliness, which would make you laugh if it weren't so morbid. I highly recommend skipping this film, and can't stress enough how children should never be allowed to watch it.