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- Release Date: 1987
- Runtime: 115 min
- Genre: Drama
- Starring: Albert Finney, Matthew Modine, Kevin Anderson, John Kellogg ... see all
- Director: Alan J. Pakula
- Plot: The two brothers Treat and Philip live alone since they were kids. Interdependent they dwell in a left house and live of little thefts, until an aging minor criminal moves... Read more
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the best movie no one that no one's heard of
Apr 05, 2005
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This movie is amazing. I was hesitant to watch it at first because it is a little obscur. It is only available on VHS and is something you have to dig deep to find. The movie to me is probably the... Full review
Critics Reviews
| Oct 24, 1987Washington Post
Clearly overwrought, director Alan J. Pakula brings us "Orphans," a roller coaster of a play adaptation that apes the carryings-on of the Steppenwolf Theater Company's original production.
This oddball drama of male bonding finds two feral orphans -- one a delinquent, the other a recluse -- redeemed by a kidnap victim turned fairy godfather, a dapper mafioso played with welcome restraint by Albert Finney.
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TV Guide Entertainment Network,
Finney turns in a spectacular performance.....More important to the success of ORPHANS is the brilliant acting by all three leads..... ... Full Review
Chicago Sun-Times
The problem of filming a play is as old as the cinema itself, and " Orphans " doesn't solve it
" Orphans " is a good play about behavior that has been turned into a mediocre movie about nothing much at all.
Finney never loses his cool.
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After the dismal failure of 1986's DREAM LOVER, director Alan J. Pakula returned to top form with the screen version of the popular 1985 Lyle Kessler play Orphans. ... Full Article