Orphans R

Matthew Modine and Kevin Anderson portray two orphans. They lure a stranger to their home to rob him, only to have the stranger "turn the tables" and dramatically change their lives.
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  • Rated: R
  • Run Time: 1 hours, 55 minutes
  • Video: Color
  • Encoding: Region 0 (Worldwide)
  • Released: March 23, 2009
  • Originally Released: 1987
  • Label: Warner Archive Collection (MOD)

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AUDIENCE SCORE
User Ratings: 156
...A tender, often beautifully acted film....There's a sweetness about it, a twisted, nervous delicacy...
Los Angeles Times
Sep 24, 1987
...A peculiar and demanding film....[Anderson acts] with great sensitivity and an aching pathos that's free of mannered affectation...
Variety
Sep 16, 1987
...Very successful....Pakula's achievement is in making a film that's simultaneously theatrical and cinematic...
New York Times
Sep 18, 1987
Rating: 2.5/4 -- Orphans is a good play about behavior that has been turned into a mediocre movie about nothing much at all. That is not intended as a criticism of the filmmakers, but simply as an observation about the nature of the material. Full Review
Chicago Sun-Times
Jan 1, 2000
Rating: 7/10 -- Great performances and characters feel a bit imprisoned by the walls of the film frame. Full Review
Antagony & Ecstasy
Nov 14, 2009
ORPHANS walks an emotional frontline through anger, revenge and despair, with humour as black as a pallbearer's hat.
Uncut
Aug 1, 2000
A poignant movie that helps us to see that all moments are key moments and that those who are unable to accept love are lost forever Full Review
Spirituality and Practice
Jul 19, 2003

Description by OLDIES.com:

Matthew Modine ("And the Band Played On," "Pacific Heights") and Kevin Anderson ("In Country") portray two orphans, a streetwise petty thief and his sheltered brother. They lure a stranger (Albert Finney) to their home to rob him, only to have the stranger "turn the tables" and dramatically change their lives. From the play by Lyle Kessler, featuring performances Leonard Maltin praises as "so powerful," adding "Finney can do no wrong."

Product Description:

ORPHANS stars Albert Finney (THE DRESSER, ANNIE) as a well-dressed affluent-looking drunkard who is abducted for ransom by two despondent teenage brothers. Once in their squalid tenement, however, he ends up becoming a complex father figure to them both. An adaptation of the popular 1985 play by Lyle Kessler, this psychological thriller effectively transports the play's claustrophobic environment to the screen. Matthew Modine (FULL METAL JACKET, BIRDY) and Kevin Anderson round out this emotional three-man show.

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  • Sales Rank: 44,150
  • UPC: 883316126288
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