Watching Orphan, you can't help but think that what was really needed wasn't an artist's hand on the camera but, rather, an editor's hand applied to the screenplay.ĭirected by Jaume Collet-Serra, ORPHAN is clearly trying to follow in the footsteps of other bad-kid horror/thriller efforts like The Bad Seed and The Good Son. Fuhrman lends a certain chill to Esther's crazier moments, but, at the same time, she's hampered by the story's contortions and weaknesses. Farmiga and Sarsgaaard are both good - even if they're forced, by circumstance, to play people far stupider than they are - but they can't break out of the script's narrow confines. If Orphan were more exuberant - a bit more diabolically crazy, a bit more swiftly paced - it might be fun as it is, the film bogs down over its two-plus hours. Which Side of History? How Technology Is Reshaping Democracy and Our Lives.
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