Review of Orphans

Orphans (1998)
2/10
Another Scottish wee-drama
3 February 1999
This movie was quite a disappointment. And the Problem is that we've all seen stuff like this before in better films. The film' s biggest problem is that it cannot decide whether to be a drama or a comedy. These genres do not mix, and this is an excellent example of how to mess it up. The dialogue is typical "I can shout in my accent and make it sound like fine acting" which we see in too many movies nowadays. The acting is bad, especially by the three leads. And the wheelchaired sister isn't funny/heartbreaking either: rather a nuisance throughout. If scottish movies are going to keep being like this (all roughly the same since trainspotting) it's gonna die out as quick as it came.
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