Orphan Movie Review

We went last night to see the movie, Orphan directed by Jaume Collet-Sera , and while it's creepy - I'll give it creepy - it's boringly fun. The movie is about Esther, the Orphan, and figuring out what is wrong with her. In the movie you’ll meet John and Kate ( parents who adopted Esther ) – plus hate! I say, Esther, is the female version of Good son/Damien the Omen without the horror touch to it. It also reminded me of the movie Joshua; the story partly runs the same only that Esther is an evil-orphan, while Joshua is a smart-jealous son. I say it again - it is creepy but overlong and muddled, Orphan is excessively sadistic and partly exceedingly stupid. Although reasonably, cheesily suspenseful, the movie takes a long time to get going. Its tagline, "There's something wrong with Esther," turns out to be a masterpiece of understatement. The movie draws us in by preying on parental fears and guilt, including the horrible things that can happen if you take yo...