Comments on: Adoption groups urge boycott of horror film “Orphan”

By: ???

??? — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 22:55:26 +0000

Well I was adoped into my family d years ago so when I was nine and I my friends mum gave it to us as a christmas joke and before you all get into a huff about it the families have been friends for years it was funny and me and my mum watched it and at the start I totally got how she felt and then I realised she was evil and it made me laugh I loved the movie and so did my family my nickname is now ester I even went as her for halloween so if I don’t have a problem neither should you

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By: Colleen

Colleen — Mon, 10 Aug 2009 03:17:46 +0000

True; it is only a movie but I do agree that it could persuade people to not adopt; I’m not trying to give anything about..just simply saying that that this movie makes you realize that adoption agencies could very well overlook some things, as to the child’s history.

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By: Lindy S

Lindy S — Sun, 09 Aug 2009 22:52:58 +0000

Give me a break. Saying “Orphan” would keep people from adopting is like saying one of the thousands of other films where people actually give BIRTH to subsequently nutso/demented children would keep everyone from having kids. It is a movie, folks. If you are not old enough to distinguish between fiction and reality (like, under six) perhaps you should not see it. But mature adults (the only kind who should adopt, anyway) will not be running, screaming from adoption agencies due to this movie. And BTW, I am the mother of an adopted child who thought the movie was well done, if you like this particular genre.

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By: sauvage

sauvage — Sun, 09 Aug 2009 14:33:37 +0000

Ya, just like people stopped falling in love and forming couples a long time ago because of all the movies about husbands turning out as serial killers.

GEEEZ!

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By: jeni

jeni — Sat, 08 Aug 2009 16:54:41 +0000

Saying that people won’t adopt after watching this is like saying people won’t bear their own children after watching Rosemary’s Baby, or won’t hire a baby sitter after watching the Hand that Rocks the Cradle. I guess if we are that easily influenced, we had better quit watching movies. It’s entertainment, nothing profound.

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By: Howard

Howard — Sat, 08 Aug 2009 04:18:37 +0000

If it was a blonde headed white girl playing the orphan part it wouldve even never made it to the theaters lets be honest here.

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By: Francesca

Francesca — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 22:36:04 +0000

PC retardation is at an all time high, if this really discourages adoption. Jesus.

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By: crash2GO2

crash2GO2 — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 21:20:31 +0000

Everyone needs to be responsible for their own reactions to whatever is put out there. Otherwise we’ll be back to banning and burning books again. If something disturbs you, it disturbs YOU. Figure out why, deal with your issues, and then move on.

Not an easy task, admittedly. But with practice you get better at it. Life is too short.

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By: Michele

Michele — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 18:41:46 +0000

I guess I look at this differently then a lot of people because I see it as possibly weeding out people who should not adopt. Anyone who is going into adopting to have the perfect child with no problems or think that all adopted children will have no issues should not be adopting. Many years ago I saw a movie about a couple adopting two children. I think it was called “a child of rage” and it was based on a true story of a child with severe Reactive Attachment Disorder. I was terrified to the core and thought of that movie often even though I did not know I would adopt some day. When it came time to adopt the oldest of our 3 adopted children she was 2 1/2. I thought of that movie and although scared still went ahead.
It turned out she does have RAD like the child as well as Fetal Alcohol Syndrome and many other issues. We still adopted her because we love her as if she were our bio child and we took her for better or worse just like our two bio children and our other two adopted children. She will probably never be fully attached to us but she’s ours. I think the people that are meant to adopt can see a movie like this (or in my case a true story) and still adopt. The people that want a perfect, problem free child and will see this movie and change their minds probably should not be adopting in the first place. I have not seen the movie (with 5 kids who has time) but did think the trailers reminded me of a RAD child. We still would have adopted our 3 girls no matter what movie we saw and I think that’s how most people who are meant to adopt feel.

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By: clare

clare — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 17:34:29 +0000

Let’s all write nasty letters to ROBERT DOWNEY,JR’s wife, SUSAN, and to LEO DiCAPRIO who are PRODUCERS of this crappy movie!

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