Decidedly amoral.

Director Jaume Collet-Serra (House of Wax) endows this ugly mess with a slew of unintentional laughs, but not enough to repay the 123-minute time suck.

One of the good things about ORPHAN, which is directed by Jaume Collet-Sera, is that it takes itself quite seriously and manages to bring a surprising level of originality to the potentially familiar material.

To pull off the big trick that Orphan has up its sleeve, the film creates a series of events so unbelievable that some viewers might be too frustrated to enjoy the pay off. A great performance from Isabelle Fuhrman buoys an otherwise lackluster film.