Orphan

2009 123 min ★ 7.0 Horror, Thriller

After losing their baby, a married couple adopt 9-year old Esther, who may not be as innocent as she seems.

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Cast

Vera Farmiga

Kate

Peter Sarsgaard

John

Isabelle Fuhrman

Esther

CCH Pounder

Sister Abigail

Jimmy Bennett

Daniel

Margo Martindale

Dr. Browning

Karel Roden

Dr. Värava

Aryana Engineer

Max

Rosemary Dunsmore

Grandma Barbara

Jamie Young

Brenda

Details

Director

Jaume Collet-Serra

Screenplay

David Leslie Johnson-McGoldrick

Tagline

"There's something wrong with Esther."

Status

Released

Original Language

EN

Budget

$20,000,000

Revenue

$77,912,251

Production

Dark Castle Entertainment, Appian Way

Reviews

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Screwamazon

February 20, 2016

★ 10/10

Isabelle Fuhrman gives an epic performance. I can't really say too much without giving away spoilers, but I can see why she ended up being Clove!

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CinemaSerf

November 4, 2022

★ 6/10

I had a problem with this right from the start. Just how this young girl from eastern Europe managed to get herself placed in a wealthy American family without any semblance of blood or DNA checks to establish - for real - that she was who the father "John" (Peter Sarsgaard) desperately wanted her to be. Though I did enjoy the film thereafter, that implausibility was never far from the back of my ...

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Andre Gonzales

July 22, 2023

★ 8/10

This is a great movie. It's one of those movies you can only watch once though. Any more after that you know what's going on. Great ending but it ruins the movie from ever watching it again. Can't wait to see the sequel though.