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Orphans

Orphans

1998, Movie, 1h 41min

A group of four siblings reunite in Glasgow on the eve of their mother's funeral, and the children mourn their mother's passing in a variety of ways—sometimes heartfelt, sometimes bizarre. As a potential thunderstorm threatens to damage the city, the situation compounds itself.

Country: United Kingdom

Director:

Cast:

Douglas Henshall,

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Critic rating

Average critic rating

7.5

Reviews

Critic Trevor Lewis

rated

8

Grotesquely funny and desperately sad, a headbutt and a hymn, the film is something special.

Read full review at Empire

Critic Marc Savlov

rated

7

... a twisted black comedy so shot through with bloody bad cheer that it frankly warrants a whole new genre of its own: doomedy, perhaps.

Read full review at The Austin Chronicle

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Orphans was released in theaters on December 31, 1998.