Orphans (1998)
Average Rating: 6.3/10
Reviews Counted: 19
Fresh: 9 | Rotten: 10
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Critic Reviews: 3
Fresh: 1 | Rotten: 2
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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
Jan 1, 1998 Wide
Feb 27, 2001
Shooting Gallery
Cast
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Douglas Henshall
Michael -
Gary Lewis
Thomas -
Stephen Cole
John -
Rosemarie Stevenson
Sheila -
Frank Gallagher
Tanga -
Alex Norton
Hanson -
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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.
Top Critic...a kitchen-sink drama that's full of old dishwater.
Writer-director Peter Mullan never seems clued in as to how hilariously atrocious Orphans is.
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Foreign Titles
- Orphans (2000) (DE)
- Orphans (2000) (CA)
