The Orphan-contains spoilers Kids!!!!

Sunday night viewing was the 2009 Jaume collet-Serra directed horror The Orphan, having seen the trailer on it's release I was not particularly taken. But after a few beers and the wonder that is Virgin films, decided to settled down with the girlfriend and her brother and his partner to proceedings. And wondered why I bothered, this is a fustrating film simply because of all the obvious fact's that present themselves throughout.
The couple in the film, Kate and John Coleman, played by Vera Farmiga, who is OK, and Peter Sarsgaard, who is not, are in trouble .Due to their third child-Jessica-being stillborn, Kate hits the bottle and John sleeps around. To try and salvage a relationship heading for the rocks, they decide to adopt. This is fair enough, although buying a puppy would be cheaper; and less likely to end in bloodshed.
Katie and Johnny roll up to the local orphanage and adopt the first child that happens to hold an intelligent conversation with them. Cue little Esther, a fine effort from Isabelle Fuhrman. Alarm bells are ringing at this point as young Esther hardly interacts with fellow children, instead spending her time painting and talking like a world weary old woman. The Coleman's embrace Esther into the family, in particular the relationship that forms between the Coleman's deaf-mute young daughter Max( Aryana Engineer) and Esther, is touching if not cringe worthy to begin with.
Unfortunately Daniel Coleman(Jimmy Bennett)is less welcoming and would rather the young Russian fell in front of a bus, which is not a bad idea and would have saved us all the hassle. All the warning signs are there the odd clothes, killing the cuddly nun who has rumbled her, the fact the Coleman's children are scared shitless of her. Even the way she manipulates Kate and John, and plays them off one another, does not raise the alarm.
This is what is so frustrating about The Orphan, that at any point little Esther would have been carted off to the nearest nut house. Not with the Coleman's, then to make matters worse, the twist, I am not going to spoil it for you but let’s just say it's interesting....