A husband and wife who recently lost their baby adopt a 9-year-old girl who is not nearly as innocent as she appears.A husband and wife who recently lost their baby adopt a 9-year-old girl who is not nearly as innocent as she appears.A husband and wife who recently lost their baby adopt a 9-year-old girl who is not nearly as innocent as she appears.
- Awards
- 1 win & 7 nominations
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- TriviaActress Aryana Engineer, who plays Max, their completely-deaf biological daughter in this film, is mostly deaf. She has Cochlear Implants which enhance her abilities to hear and speak.
- GoofsWhen Esther is introduced to her new class, she is holding a Nelson Spelling book. These books are not used in the United States, where the film is set; they are, however, used in Canada, where filming took place.
- Quotes
Esther: Please... don't let me die, Mommy!
[holds knife behind her back, preparing to kill Kate]
Kate Coleman: [pause] I'm *NOT* your *FUCKING MOMMY!*
[she violently kicks Esther's head]
- Crazy creditsAfter the end title sequence, the rest of the credits are, among other things, smeared and splattered with fluorescent paint, lipstick kisses, and Esther's violent artwork. A small heart is also painted next to "John" (Peter Sarsgaard) in the cast list.
Featured review
Worst husband ever!
The movie is overall good but the husband in this movie is stupid
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- chirag-saxena
- Nov 14, 2018
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- Also known as
- The Orphan
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Box office
- Budget
- $20,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $41,596,251
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $12,871,483
- Jul 26, 2009
- Gross worldwide
- $77,912,251
- Runtime2 hours 3 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 1.85 : 1
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