Friday, December 31, 2010

Orphan

I hate to waste my first movie blog on this dreadful movie. It made no attempt at originality it was a terrible combination of The Omen, The Good Son and every crappy Lifetime movie about a stranger that becomes a part of a family. It is the same tired formula, troubled wife that has a checkered past that renders her unreliable. Sappy husband who believes everyone except his loved ones despite overwhelming evidence to the contrary. A family friend who comes to warn the family and is then killed by this character. I think a green house and a lake are pretty customary. A prolonged ending where the culprit continues to attack despite repeated false endings that supposedly lead the audience to believe that he/she has died. What is sad about these films is that beyond being completely insulting to the audience that almost always portray the mother/wife in a poor light.