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Just got back from it and wow it was a whole lot of things. Exciting, suspenseful, dramatic, scary, and sad.

If you liked Pan's Labyrinth, this is a must see. If I recall correctly, I was the first to tell everyone to watch Pan's Labyrinth................ http://www.r1db.com/board/movie-revi...ight=labyrinth

It has a eerie feeling throughout the movie, seeing that they live in an old orphanage and all, the tone of the movie resembles The Others and 6th Sense. The ending was brilliant and not expected (by me anyway). The ending has a nice conclusion to the story. I left satisfied like a buffet. Everything was wrapped up and you are not wondering what happened to this-character or how that happened.



The synopsis:
Laura spent the happiest years of her childhood growing up in an orphanage by the seaside, cared for by the staff and fellow orphans whom she loved as brothers and sisters. Now, thirty years later, she returns with her husband Carlos and Simon, their 7-year-old son, with a dream of restoring and reopening the long abandoned orphanage as a home for disabled children. The new home and mysterious surroundings awaken Simon's imagination and the boy starts to spin a web of fantastic tales and not-so-innocent games. As the opening day draws near, tension builds within the family. Carlos remains skeptical, believing that Simon is making everything up in a desperate bid for attention. But Laura slowly becomes convinced that something long-hidden and terrible is lurking in the old house, something waiting to emerge and inflict appalling damage on her family.

[Darth Slater]

is it subtitled?

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Spanish spoken, English subtitles. When we were buying the tickets, the clerk said "You know its in Spanish right?" lol

[Darth Slater]

i wonder what it would be like to take a dyslexic person to a subtitled movie?

LOL

[master_shake]

That's why they make English-dubbed versions for DVD.


Btw, THE ORPHANAGE is not directed by Guillermo Del Toro, he just exectutive produced the film. i.e. he's allowing his name to be used to help endorse it to U.S. audiences.

That being said, the film is very well made. Good looking photography, first-rate acting (the lead actress in the film is a natual beauty), and some genuine scary moments and disturbing imagry. Like "true" I also thought the movie kind of reminded me of THE OTHERS and THE 6TH SENSE.
A well-told story; one that transends the subtitles. I give it an 8 out of 10.