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The Orphanage [2007] | ![The Orphanage [2007]](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51fu7lvsG4L._SL160_.jpg)
 enlarge | Director: Juan Antonio Bayona
Actors: Belen Rueda, Geraldine Chaplin, Fernando Cayo
Studio: Optimum Home Entertainment
Category: DVD
List Price: £19.99
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Rating:  31 reviews
Sales Rank: 409
Format: Pal
Languages: English (Subtitled), Spanish (Original Language)
Rating: Suitable for 15 years and over
Number Of Items: 1
Running Time: 102
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 7.4 x 5.4 x 0.6
EAN: 5055201803207
ASIN: B0019GJ3WU
Theatrical Release Date: 2007
Release Date: July 21, 2008
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Condition: 2Disc Special Edition - Dispatched in one working day
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Amazon.co.uk Review
Backed by Guillermo del Toro and yet made by a surprisingly inexperienced group of film makers (especially considering the end result), The Orphanage is a chilling, tense supernatural thriller that could certainly teach more established directors a thing or two about how to send shivers down the spine. It tells the story of a woman, Laura, returning to the orphanage where she was raised as a child. Her plans are to look after sick children there, but it doesn't take long for things to go awry. Without giving too much away, visions from her past and a threat to her own family are the starting points for a complex and quite haunting thriller, that stays in the mind long after the credits have rolled. A film that works on more than one level, The Orphanage really is some piece of work. Juan Antonia Bayona, behind the camera, generates an incredibly atmospheric mood that underpins the film, and wisely takes time to put pieces in place. He's aided by a terrific cast, and an unsettling screenplay that layers in an uneasy horror that's as anti-Hollywood as it comes. The result of all of this is one of the scariest films of recent times, and yet something that still manages to be that little bit more, that sticks in your mind for some time afterwards. Make no mistake, The Orphanage really is something different, and all the better for it. --Jon Foster
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 Speechlessly beautiful June 10, 2008
5 out of 6 found this review helpful
Belen Rueda stars as Laura, the married mother of her young son Simon. She reopens an orphanage for the handicapped for her to live. All seems well, until Simon starts talking to himself... or is he? Imaginary friends? Ghosts? After Simon disappears without a trace, Laura's life is about to be thrown into a living nightmare. She takes all her sanity to desperate measures to find her son... with many horrifying experiences along the way!
The Orphanage is a beautiful, stunning masterpiece of modern horror. The acting is fantastic, the setting is breath-taking and the suspense is nail-biting. A psychological horror film that really gets into your head. Not for the faint-hearted.
The horror they use is mainly suspense, but when the jumps come, you will KNOW when they are here...
An amazing feat by Guillermo Del Toro. The best horror film I have ever seen in all my life. Watch it in the dark... I dare you.
Film of 2008 May 27, 2008
14 out of 19 found this review helpful
Having seen The Orphanage in the cinema, I cannot wait to see it again on DVD. On the surface it is a horror/haunted house film, but for me it felt that the film was really about a mother's determination and love for her child. It is an atmospheric piece, with some genuinely scary moments, such that at some points i was hiding behind my hands in a packed cinema! But what really got under my skin was not the classic scary shocks (which are handled brilliantly) but the ever increasing tension and desperation of the search for a lost child. With a jaw-dropping and emotional conclusion that left me stunned in silence for about an hour after the film ended, this is easily the film of 2008. I have heard that the Americans are doing their own version of this film. Believe me when I say Hollywood will not do this film justice - watch this for a truly magnificant experience.
Fantastic film August 18, 2008
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
One of the most beautiful ghost stories I have ever seen, carrying in in the same vein as The Others. I disagree with reviews that belittle the ending as I thought it was extremely clever and thought-provoking. Definitely watch this film as it is truly spectacular and a great psychological horror. I have watched many spanish-language films and I have to admit that this is one of the best- I cannot recommend it highly enough.
Even if you hate horror...this is for you!!! July 4, 2008
5 out of 7 found this review helpful
This is the best film I have seen for years.
And I don't mean, the best horror film,I mean the best film, full stop.
It clearly follows in the footsteps of the great Mexican director, Guillermo Del Toro, in fact it has all his hallmarks: style, intelligence, beauty and excitement.
El Orfanato is even better than The Devil's Backbone or Pan's Labyrinth and sets new standards for intelligent fantasy/horror cinema.
Very reminiscent of Jack Clayton's brilliant and haunting The Innocents, this film is for you, no matter what your tastes are.
A ghost story , but a very moving ghost story. August 11, 2008
3 out of 4 found this review helpful
The Orphanage has been marketed as some kind of mind blowing scare-fest that will have you weeping and in need of industrial strength nappies as you evacuate your bowels with sheer terror. While it is quite spooky at times , and very tense at others it is by no means that scary and nor is it, as the marketing would suggest, a horror film. What it is .... well I would call it a fraught psychological thriller though that doesn't do it justice. Whatever you want to call it The Orphanage is beautifully crafted and ultimately incredibly moving , and that is most definitely not the usual thing for a horror film.
Laura (Belen Rueda) was raised in an imposing large Orphanage but has now bought it along with her husband Carlos (Fernando Cayo) in order to do it up and use it as a specialist centre for special need kids. Their adopted son Simon( Roger Princep) wiles the time away playing with the imaginary friends he met in a cave on the nearby beach. His behaviour becomes erratic and then there's the strange old women claiming to be a social worker who visits them one day and then is discovered by Laura hanging around the grounds in the middle of the night. Then on their big open day Laura has a frightening encounter with a strangely masked small child and subsequently Simon disappears.
The boy is sick and needs regular medication and as they search frantically for him , the days and weeks pass. Laura starts to hear things in the house , creaking and banging's. She becomes convinced there is something paranormal going on and despite Carlos's misgivings hires a medium (Geraldine Chaplin) who confirms that something is indeed amiss ands it involves children . Laura becomes ever more obsessed and frantic leading to a discovery that is both believable and utterly heartbreaking .
The Orphanage is a brilliantly structured movie with shivery empathetic performances , especially from Belen Rueda. Writer Sergio G Sanchez ( this is his first script) and director J A Boyona( this is his first film) do a wonderful job of creating suspense and unease and while they often resort to standard ghost story tactics -big creepy house, sudden noise jolts, thunderstorms, things popping up unexpectedly - you always get the feeling there is more to this film than it just being about ghosts and so it proves.
Two scenes in this film are quite superbly handled and the way the film accelerates towards the shocking but poignant climax is technically superb . The Orphanage is ultimately a fable (very much like producer Guillermo Del Toro's "Pan's Labyrinth [2006]") that is about much more that it appears. It's a ghost story sure but it is also about maternal , devotion and unconditional love. It cleverly parallels traits of "Peter Pan (Penguin Popular Classics) " which is mentioned several times in the script. It is truly unforgettable and I was so choked up at the end I could,nt sleep for an hour afterwards. You might not be scared but you should be moved , something that will linger far longer than any scare boo thrill.
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