Opening

72% Fast & Furious 6 May 24
21% The Hangover Part III May 23
63% Epic May 24
97% Before Midnight May 24
85% We Steal Secrets: The Story Of Wikileaks May 24
83% Fill the Void May 24
17% A Green Story May 24
—— Alyce Kills May 24

Top Box Office

87% Star Trek Into Darkness $70.2M
78% Iron Man 3 $35.8M
50% The Great Gatsby $23.9M
46% Pain & Gain $3.2M
69% The Croods $3.0M
77% 42 $2.8M
55% Oblivion $2.3M
99% Mud $2.2M
36% Peeples $2.2M
8% The Big Wedding $1.2M

Coming Soon

—— After Earth May 31
—— Now You See Me May 31
93% The Kings of Summer May 31
90% The East May 31
Orphans

Orphans (1998)

tomatometer

No Score Yet...

Average Rating: N/A
Critic Reviews: 3
Fresh: 1 | Rotten: 2

audience

74

liked it
Average Rating: 3.7/5
User Ratings: 111

My Rating

Movie Info

Following his Cannes award-winning performance in Ken Loach's My Name is Joe, Scottish actor Peter Mullan made his feature script and directorial debut with this British dark comedy-drama about four adult siblings on the eve of their mother's funeral in Glasgow. Eldest son Thomas (Gary Lewis) offers a tribute to her in a local pub, but his brother Michael (Douglas Henshall) is stabbed during a brawl at the bar, prompting third brother John (Stephen Cole) to seek vengeance. Michael evades medical

Unrated,

Drama, Comedy

Peter Mullan

Feb 27, 2001

Shooting Gallery

Cast

ADVERTISEMENT

All Critics (32) | Top Critics (8) | Fresh (9) | Rotten (10) | DVD (2)

My guess is that Mullan never decided what tone his film should aim for; he fell in love with individual sequences without asking how they fit together.

January 1, 2000 Full Review Source: Chicago Sun-Times
Chicago Sun-Times
Top Critic IconTop Critic

...a kitchen-sink drama that's full of old dishwater.

September 18, 2001 Full Review Source: culturevulture.net
culturevulture.net

Writer-director Peter Mullan never seems clued in as to how hilariously atrocious Orphans is.

March 24, 2001 Full Review Source: Matinee Magazine
Matinee Magazine

Audience Reviews for Orphans

"Orphans" is packed with black comedy and inventively portrays the hardship of dealing with family loss.
June 9, 2009
The Inside Man
patrick lee
Here's another film rating.
October 20, 2006
kingofthecorn
T C
No quotes approved yet for Orphans. Logged in users can submit quotes.

Discussion Forum

There are no discussion threads for Orphans yet.

Foreign Titles

  • Orphans (2000) (DE)
  • Orphans (2000) (CA)
Help | About | Jobs | Critics Submission | API | Licensing | Mobile