November 27, 2009
Personally I feel this is the best horror movie since Sixth Sense.
El Orfanato (The Orphanage) Reviews and Ratings
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November 17, 2009A little overrated. The ghost story in this has been used a lot before in horror/thrillers (The Ring, Skeleton Key, The Others, Poltergeist, etc) and the missing child thing has also been done so many times (Flightplan, The Missing, The Forgotten and some more). So really, there'...( read more)
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November 11, 2009Bayona is helped by the name of Del Toro behind this flick. However, it may confuse audiences who are looking for a cool and scary, financially successful horror film, and those who are expecting an independent project. Independently of the fact that it borrows the already-famous...( read more)
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November 3, 2009This is a well written and thrilling story and I enjoyed it alot. The subtitles weren't so good though and that was the only negative thing I can say about this movie.
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November 1, 2009Uncompromising drama is mixed in quite well with some chilling suspense in this tale that's described almost perfectly by its tagline; "A love story, a horror tale."
What makes this film tick so well is just how poignant the journey of Rueda's character is. She will do nothing to...( read more) -
October 29, 2009Saw it 3 time, the first time in cinema and the second one at home. The third time was the good one. I loved it. Really good, interesting, refresh the style and mix different things i never think would be good together.
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October 27, 2009Very creepy! There was a couple of moments where i jumped. This would be a great movie to watch halloween night.
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October 26, 2009Maybe I picked a bad time to watch this movie, or maybe I was just generally bored. This movie at most made me yawn, except for a few rare moments when I was actually interested. The ending was surprising though, and made the movia a slight bit better.
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October 25, 2009The cinematography, acting, and art direction are pretty solid here. Unfortunantely, the story, plot, and editing are like mashed potatoes in comparison, thus making the film boring and a failure in my book. I'm really not sure why so many people liked this one.
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October 24, 2009Another great Guillmero del Toro film. (I don't know why it says Juan Antonio Bayona).
The plot was thick and had twists and turns.
The ending was incredibly unpredictable yet heartwarming.
Each character played with conviction and emotion behind their characters.
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October 23, 2009I love scary movies and this one is really good even dou ppl say its not... watever
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October 22, 2009I didnt really expect to like this movie cauz I hated
The Devils Backbone but I liked this 1 -
October 15, 2009Despites some big flaws, one of the most efficient scary movies in years.
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October 12, 2009I wasn't expecting this twist, really creepy parts to it. Really suspenseful.
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October 3, 2009Recommended by Deano78 and Anna18V.
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October 3, 2009I must say that I found this to be more of a thriller and a drama than an outright horror flick, and that being said it was a fantastic film. Belen Rueda and Ferando Cayo are wonderful and Roger Princep is truly steals every scene he is in. And of course there is a nice little ...( read more)
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September 29, 2009Billed as a horror movie but not of that genre in the classical sense, The Orphanage builds its tension without any appreciable bloodshed, cursing or maniacal killer. Instead, it is a story of a mother trying to find her son, an adopted boy with HIV, before he dies. It's also the...( read more)
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September 29, 2009I loved this one! Such a brilliant story and so touching especially at the end! A good ghost story with quite a few frights and amazing story line!
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September 22, 2009Cute plot twists, decent gore. And I can't watch horror movies to save my life. Barely survived this one. (Dumb roommates.) Some of the story didn't quite make sense, but still fairly good twist at the end.
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September 20, 2009Not so much a ghost story and more of a fantasy, with the film drawing many parallels with Peter Pan. The twists were so intricate that you really could never work them out and a very satisfying ending. The acting was superb In the final scene, Fernando Cayo shows so much emotion...( read more)
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September 19, 2009Although the films isn't really all that original it's an enjoyable enough watch first time around. However, I can't say that I would really want to watch it again.
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September 17, 2009A horror movie that is taking seriously ! and the acting is really good.
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September 16, 2009A pretty good ghost story that is visually stimulating as well. If you dont mind subtitles or, you do speak spanish, then this movie is worth watching.
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September 13, 2009This is a brilliant thriller/horror movie. The atmosphere is so eerie and the house that they used was beautifully old and added that much more. The fact that it was subtitled didn't take away from it at all.
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September 5, 2009Pretty brilliant, great acting, full of awesome details you can only see if you watch it twice. The best thing to it is that you can see it in different ways.
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September 3, 2009me encanta esta pelicula, la compre en DVD y la e visto muchas veces ya ^_^
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August 30, 2009Saw it a year ago maybe and I remember liking the mood - therefore, very atmospheric in its chilling and mysterious plot events. Belen Rueda's performance is firm and the support cast is good. The beginning where the mother turns all-too-gullible made me lose some interest and th...( read more)
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August 30, 2009I knew that Guillermo del Toro had a hand in this and even though he was only producer, it just reeks of his kind of film -- but in a very pleasant, aromatic kind of way. Creepy kids are always a good way to start with a film, right? Well, The Orphanage manages to maintain a spoo...( read more)
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August 19, 2009very good movie! it was kind of creepy, but not crazy creepy, but it was still scary & had a good meaning
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August 17, 2009the orphanage have the potential to be very cliche and cheap thriller, but guillermo del toro had another idea in his mind, he didn't rush things and made this movie so patient to pull the trigger.,
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August 5, 2009Guillermo del Toro had before this film only (almost) made good films, which had lived up to all expectations it had. But The Orphanage is no exception. It is frightening, fascinating and full of imagination. I can't more than love movies that Guillermo del Toro is doing in Spanish
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August 5, 2009Smart , intelligent but pretty realistic suspense\horror which really did give the movie some depth at the end . Definitely a movie to watch .
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