Friday, January 18, 2008

El Orphanato (The Orphanage)


3 out of 5 Stars
This was a solid film. I loved the story and it was a good script (though perhaps I could have done without the multiple 'Peter Pan' references). It's refreshing to watch a film that manages to be disturbing and scary without being overly grotesque. I do think the director 'borrowed' some of his scariest moments from Carpenter's 1978 'Halloween'. But even so, this film captivated me -- I loved Belen Rueda -- would love to see her in other films.

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