The Orphanage is a great, creepy film. OMG, Belen Rueda is fantastic in it. Seriously, she gives one the best screen performances I've seen all year (um, meaning 2007).
I don't what it is about ghost stories being a vehicle for serious female roles. I happen to think The Others is the best thing Nicole Kidman's ever done. And The Orphanage would be worth seeing if only for Rueda's performance alone. But it's also quite the atmospheric movie. And kinda scary in places.
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