Pleasantly Surprised

Rating: 8/10 (20 December 2009)

I'm happy to say that I was pleasantly surprised how good the film was. Full of frights and WTF moments as well as a striking twist.
The story is pretty simple. A family, mourning over the recent loss of a baby soon delve into the adoption process, resulting in the discovery of a young girl Esther. Esther coming into a new social network soon makes friends and enemies. Right from the start we sense that not all is right with her.
As the film progresses we witness the manipulative ways of Esther, A 9- year-old girl with chronic homicidal urges, interesting Russian accent and funky dress sense makes her the perfect central character in this film.
The tag-lines of the film "There's something wrong with Esther" and "You'll never Guess Her Secret" despite at first appearing to reveal key points in the plot never seemed to ruin it. The film builds up to the twist, a shocker that left me satisfied.
My overall verdict: 8/10