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The Orphanage 
Actors : Belén Rueda, Fernando Cayo, Roger Príncep, Mabel Rivera, Montserrat Carulla
Director : Juan Antonio Bayona
Studio : New Line Home Video
by New Line Home Video
Brand : Warner Brothers
Release Date : 2008-04-22
Publisher : New Line Home Video
Availability : Usually ships in 1-2 business days
Number of Items : 1
EAN : 0794043120718
UPC : 794043120718
Avg. Customer Rating: (based on 52 reviews)
List Price : $27.98
Our Price : $14.88
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Product Description |
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A woman discovers dark secrets hidden within her cherished childhood home in the supernatural drama THE ORPHANAGE the feature film debut of acclaimed young Spanish director Juan Antonio Bayona. A superbly atmospheric and emotionally powerful tale of love loss and guilt.System Requirements:Running Time: 105 minutesFormat: DVD MOVIE Genre: HORROR/PSYCHOLOGICAL THRILLER Rating: R UPC: 794043120718 Manufacturer No: 1000038293 |
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It's only his first film, but Spain's Juan Antonio Bayona has already figured out the secret to a successful supernatural thriller: emphasize character over special effects. Like Walter Salles's Dark Water and Alejandro Amenábar's The Others, The Orphanage pivots on a pretty woman and an unusual child. When her old orphanage goes on the market, Laura (Belén Rueda, Amenábar's The Sea Inside) and Carlos (Fernando Cayo) settle in with their son, Simón (Roger Príncep). Once acclimated to the remote seaside surroundings, they plan to re-open it as a home for special-needs children. Meanwhile, their seven-year-old doesn't know he's adopted or that he has a life-threatening illness. He does, however, have a lot of imaginary playmates. When Simón disappears without a trace, his parents contact the police, but to no avail. Because Laura has been hearing odd noises and having strange visions, they proceed to consult a medium. Aurora (Geraldine Chaplin, speaking perfect Spanish) is convinced they aren't alone. Carlos has his doubts, but Laura makes like a detective and revisits her childhood--through photographs, home movies, and exploration of the spooky stone manor--to determine who or what abducted her son. Produced and presented by Guillermo Del Toro, The Orphanage is less fanciful than his works, though it does bear a vague resemblance to the ghostly Devil's Backbone. There are a few gory make-up effects, but Bayona mostly preys on our fear of the unknown to craft a first-rate fright fest. --Kathleen C. Fennessy |
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The Orphanage |
Excellent script and plot, though, I couldn't help but feel that I just got done watching Nicole Kidman's "The Others".
No over-the-top special effects and music. It wasn't necessary as the acting and plot were more than enough to provide a natural eeriness not found in most modern horror/suspense movies.
The the ending was a little too "feel good" for my taste, but appropriate and probably the only way the movie could have ended. |
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Perfectly follows the horror movie formula with a great result |
Excellent Spanish gothic film by first time director Juan Antonia Bayona that feels like and Edgar Allan Poe poem. Along the lines of "The Devil's Backbone (Special Edition), and The Others (Two-Disc Collector's Edition) this Spanish film proves to be a great haunting movie. Creepy in all the right places. Suspense builds throughout the movie at a perfect pace; this is basically the perfect formula film. First off, the acting is phenomenal. Every single actor, especially Belén Rueda, delivers an exquisite performance that comes off naturally.
The film itself is the perfect formula for a horror movie. But herein lays one of the few flaws of this film: it is too formulaic. If you have seen as many horror/suspense movies as I have, you will be able to predict what happens in this film to a T. A bit predicable to the horror fan, the movie still manages to deliver great suspenseful scenes that made pause and become absorbed in the film. There were some scenes that should have been edited out, but the film had a great pacing, building the suspense on each and every scene. The movie had great pacing and great horror moments that left you wanting to see more. The cinematography and direction are the best aspects of this movie and what gives it that great feeling of suspense throughout. The storyline itself was pretty good, but left many things unexplained. I think that many aspects were inconclusive and unfinished. Still, the film is really good and it is one to watch.
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Okay... seriously... are you kidding me? |
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This is, quite possibly, the best horror film... no, one of the best films, period, that have come out in AGES. I genuinely think there is no reason whatsoever that "they" shouldn't deem this a cinematic treasure in a few years when enough people have been able to watch it and go "oh, wait... wow... just... wow." |
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VERY SHORT REVIEW |
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one of the best horror movies in the last 5 years , no silly graphic , no scary jumping music , just a very well done story in a very classy horror film , i was really amazed |
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sad ghost history but it is excellent. |
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I really enjoyed this movie, the argument is very elaborated and it is a vey sad history of love and guilt. excellent film and I think it is one of those films that can be viewed more than once. |
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