Review of The Orphanage (2007) by Katiem. — 30 Dec 2007
The movie was enjoyable, but did not contribute anything new to the genre. The plot, resolution, and underlying themes--corruption or perversion of childhood, redemption of mother's love--reminded me of recent American J-Horror adaptations such as The Ring and Dark Water.
Also, a lot of the "scares" were more unintentionally comedic than actually scary. Overall a "good" film, but don't leave to go to the restroom--you may miss one of the two critical explanatory scenes (without them, the story really doesn't make sense).
This review of The Orphanage (2007) was written by Katiem. on 30 Dec 2007.
The Orphanage has generally received very positive reviews.
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