What starts out as simple film about four siblings trying to cope with their mother's death, soon becomes a surreal tour-de-force. Peter Mullen pulls off a very tricky script and several changes of mood in the film to create something quite unique. There are some marvellous set pieces in here. It's a brave choice to use black comedy to highlight the pain of bereavement, but Orphans triumphantly pulls it off.
It's just a shame the film company buried the film, as this is one of the great British movies of the last few decades.
It's just a shame the film company buried the film, as this is one of the great British movies of the last few decades.