Review of The Orphanage (2007) by Jluis_001 — 06 Feb 2018

When this film was released in Mexico it was widely publicized with Guillermo del Toro's name, so a lot of people believed the film was actually his and therefore when they saw it they faced their expectations with something they weren't expecting and many people I know were disappointed by the final result.

Personally I think the film has a fairly respectable quality, but the script mixes too many elements and many times those elements borders the implausible and credible and while the tension that Bayona prints to his story is appropriate and convenient the ending feels rushed and anti-climatic but in general I think The Orphanage is not a bad choice.