Dense Characters/ Becomes Absurd

Rating: 4/10 (13 April 2010)

The only thing going into "Orphan" that we don't know is whether the movie is going to take to the supernatural or not. (Major Spoiler) In this case it takes the higher road in attempting to play it straight. Although, the movie would've been easier to flex the story and add in creativeness had the filmmakers elected the supernatural. Unfortunately the screenplay and dialog continue to bombard the cognizant viewer with gross liberties eventually stretching and finally shredding any kind of credibility or believability. The writing ends up propping up horrible common-sense to the point where characters are utter twits and pawns. The acting was fair, but by the end of the movie it doesn't matter - the movie is a failure - mostly a manipulative exercise with puppet characters devoid of intellect. This is the director and storytellers fault almost completely. Wasted potential.