Orphan had a successful theater release in July 2009, making over $12 million its opening weekend and this week, the film should have very successful DVD sales as the film releases nationwide tomorrow!

Release Date: October 27, 2009
Rating: R, Bonus Features Not Rated
Run time: 123 minutes

Tragedy seems to follow nine-year-old Esther. She was orphaned in her native Russia. Her last adoptive family perished in a fire Esther barely escaped. But now the Coleman family has adopted her, and life is good. Until a classmate takes a serious fall from a slide. Until an orphanage nun is battered to death. And until Esther?s new mom wonders if that tragic fire was an accident. From Dark Castle Productions comes Orphan, bringing stunning new twists to the psychological thriller and locking audiences in a tightening vise of mystery, suspicion and terror. You?ll never forget Esther. So sweet. So intelligent. So creative. So disturbed.

Orphan was quite entertaining! This thriller definitely deserved its R rating for its graphic violence but aside from that, this was much more psychological and very character driven as every character is complex in their own unique way. Isabelle Fuhrman portrays the creepy psychopath, Esther incredibly well. All of the child actors in the film give remarkable performances that will blow you away. The Coleman children are manipulated by Esther into keeping secrets of Esther’s evil deeds, which is horrifying to see and yet it reels the viewers in, rooting for the children to break out of Esther’s manipulation. The adults also portray very moving performances, as viewers will be rooting for Kate (Vera Farmiga) and screaming at John (Peter Sarsgaard) for his lack of trust in Kate and disconnect with everything that is going on around him. The setting of the story was perfect and the shots of winter were beautiful. While a few moments are fairly predictable and a few moments might come off as more comedic than terrifying, overall the screenplay is written very well and the story moves along at a fair pace even though the running time is just over two hours. Orphan is a film that you will better enjoy when you watch with a group of people, however either way, this is one entertaining film.

Special Features:
Deleted Scenes – In the first deleted scene, the family is at the dinner table fooling around, so I am glad that it was deleted because it did not further the storyline in any way. In the second deleted scene, Esther and her adopted mother, Kate are at the supermarket and see the lady who was flirting with Kate’s husband, John. After the lady leaves, Esther tells Kate that she was flirting with John. That scene was a great scene because it holds a certain purpose at that time and then when you find out the ending, you realize that in this moment Esther was really looking out for herself, getting that lady out of the way. I really enjoyed this scene. In the third deleted scene, Esther was hiding and a homeless man almost saw her. I am unsure where this scene fits into the film. In the fourth deleted scene, Daniel tells his father that he saw Esther and Max in the tree house but John shows him that he has the keys to the tree house but after Daniel leaves, John checks his safe to make sure his gun is secure. This definitely needed to be deleted since it would have completely changed the level of trust the father showed for Esther.

Alternate Ending – In the alternate ending, Esther is doing her makeup in her bedroom while singing as the police are surrounding the inside of the house. She then walks down the stairs to say, “Hello, my name is Esther” and because she looks like an innocent child to the police, they take her aside to safety. Thankfully, this was not the ending. For those who want to see Esther win in the end, this is the ending to watch.

Get Orphan on Blu-ray, DVD, On Demand & Digital Download October 27, 2009.