
Laura, a former orphan, raises her adopted son Simón together with her husband Carlos in an old house and former orphanage where she was raised. While at the orphanage Simón tells Laura that he has five invisible friends which she believes are a product of his active imagination. Laura decides to reopen the orphanage to cater for disabled children and throws a party. During the party Simón tries to persuade Laura to go and take a look at his friends cabin but she's too bus... (Full plot summary below)
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Laura, a former orphan, raises her adopted son Simón together with her husband Carlos in an old house and former orphanage where she was raised. While at the orphanage Simón tells Laura that he has five invisible friends which she believes are a product of his active imagination. Laura decides to reopen the orphanage to cater for disabled children and throws a party. During the party Simón tries to persuade Laura to go and take a look at his friends cabin but she's too busy. Later on she sees a mysterious masked boy and realizes that Simón has also disappeared. Laura feels the presence of other people in the house and months later Laura invites a team of parapsychologists to try to unravel the mystery.
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| Time OutNigel FloydAn extraordinary performance by Belén Rueda is the beating heart and tortured soul of The Orphanage. |
| Metromix.comMatt PaisNo use wearing pants because The Orphanage will scare you right out of them. |
| Sight and SoundMaria M. DelgadoThis is a movie whose power and emotional pitch lie in the understated: the discreet performances, the lack of special effects, the laconic script. |
| Christian Science MonitorPeter RainerDelivers more goose bumps than anything Hollywood has served up in years – which I hope does not mean that Bayona, a first-time feature director and music video whiz, will be enlisted to direct "Saw V." |
| UGOKeith UhlichThis is the worst sort of horror film, one that cloaks its shameless pulls at the heartstrings in overemphatic sound design, hyped-up visuals, and a tear-streaked lead performance by Belen Rueda. |
| Kaplan vs. KaplanJeanne KaplanThe Orphanage is the first film in many moons that reminds me of those terrific nail biters of yesteryear. |
| IGN MoviesJoe UtichiThe Orphanage is this year's Pan's Labyrinth. And that's the high praise indeed. |
| Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC)Ken HankeThe kind of movie that reminds horror fans why they became hooked on the genre in the first place. |
| Boston HeraldJames VerniereThe best haunted-house-cum-ghost-movie I have seen in years. |
| Creative LoafingMatt BrunsonA deeply absorbing and heavily atmospheric yarn that offers several noteworthy plot pirouettes. |