Orphan - Movie Review

Isabelle Fuhrman

I been a movie freak this month. Several special events and great shows are the causes of the increase in movie watched.

You could never image the sweet child in the image above, could have a murderous look in the movie.

Story as follows, Kate, had a stillborn and was haunted by that event. John being the good husband, decides to adopt another child.

At the orphanage, they are attracted to Esther, for her intelligence, maturity and being "unique" and brought her home. And that is where the trouble starts.

Accidents and death happen around Esther to people who are against her. Kate, in esther's bad book, decides to investigate esther's background and discovered that she is not who she was.

Spoiler as follows :

In the movie, Esther pushes another student down a playground slide and kills the sister of the orphanage where she grew suspicious of her. Using her innocence, she successfully destroys the relationship of John and Kate, by behaving like a sweet angel in front of John while she did all kinds of stuff to annoy Kate.

She controls the household kids, Max and Daniel, by threatening them with their parents' safety.

Kate learns about Esther's history and tries to warn John, who was protective of her, and ignore Kate's warning which eventually caused his own death! Kate did her own investigation and was shocked by what she found.

This orphan movie, kinds reflect reality, where adults rather give benefits of the doubt to children just because they could be innocent and trusting a stranger, in this case, Esther, rather than their own wife or children.

Watch the movie as that is nearly the ending.

I guess i have incidents like this where i trust strangers more. Are you guilty of it too?

During the movie, i already had a hint what and who esther was, as it was getting obvious. Almost predictable ending to me, but the suspense and thriller still kept me in my seat.

Well, just be careful if you plan to adopt a child. If you find a child being over-clever, do a thorough background check on him/her.

Another thing, if your child loves to paint, buy a UV light and shine on his/her image, you never know what you will see!!