Orphan 2009

[Kate overhears Esther playing Tchaikovsky flawlessly on the piano]Kate Coleman: You told me you didnt know how to play.Esther: No, I didnt.Kate Coleman: Yes, you did.Esther: You offered to teach me, and I accepted.Kate Coleman: Okay... so, then, you were just... pretending, this whole time?Esther: I thought you would enjoy teaching me. It must be frustrating for someone who loves music as much as you to have a son who isnt interested and a daughter who cant even hear.

— Orphan 2009 love

Kate Coleman: [after Daniel had to be resuscitated when Esther tried to kill him] What did you do?[Esther is shown walking innocently from the soda machine with a drink in her hand like nothing happened]Kate Coleman: What did you do to him, you bitch?[Kate slaps Esther]

— Orphan 2009 man

[Esther holds a box cutter to a sleeping Daniels neck; he wakes up]Esther: Shhhh...[She grabs his hair and slams his head against the pillow]Daniel Coleman: Ah!Esther: Tell me what you saw.Daniel Coleman: What are you doing?Esther: What did you see?Daniel Coleman: [crying] I saw you and Max in the treehouse...Esther: [pulls his hair] What else?Daniel Coleman: What do you mean?Esther: What else did you see?Daniel Coleman: Nothing, I didnt see anything else, I swear!Esther: Did you tell anyone?Daniel Coleman: No... I didnt tell anyone.[as he cries, she moves the box cutter down between his legs]Esther: If I find out that youre lying, Ill cut your hairless little prick off before you even figure out what its for. Do you understand me?Daniel Coleman: Yes...[a dark stain appears on his pants]Esther: You pissed yourself.

— Orphan 2009 self

Esther: Stop talking to me like Im a child!

— Orphan 2009 child

[Esther and Max walk up after Daniel has shot a pigeon with his paintball gun]Esther: Did you kill it?Daniel Coleman: [crying] It was just a paintball, I didnt think itd hurt him...[She picks up a big rock and holds it out to him]Esther: Put it out of its misery.[off his look]Esther: Its in pain. And its your responsibility.Daniel Coleman: It was just an accident.Esther: If you walk away now, itll starve to death. Is that what you want?[pause]Daniel Coleman: Im not doin it...[after a moment, she smashes the pigeon with the rock]Esther: [to Max] Its all right. Its in Heaven now.Daniel Coleman: Whats wrong with you?

— Orphan 2009 death

Kate Coleman: [about Esther] Why was she at your hospital?Dr. Varava: Shes dangerously ill. Violent. Shes killed seven people that we know of!

— Orphan 2009 people

Brenda: Oh look, Little Bo Peep texted me - she wants her outfit back.

— Orphan 2009 want

[to Max, after smashing Sister Abigail in the head with a hammer]Esther: Stop crying. Grab a foot, and help me get her off the road. Now!

— Orphan 2009 help

Sister Abigail: Im afraid I... may have made a mistake. I think there could be something wrong with Esther.John Coleman: What? What do you mean? You told us that you never had any trouble with her.Sister Abigail: I didnt. But trouble does have a way of finding her.

— Orphan 2009 man

John Coleman: Whered you get the idea for this one?Esther: My paintings always tell stories. This ones about a sad mother lion who cant find her cubs.John Coleman: Shes smiling.Esther: Shes dreaming about her babies. Its the only thing that makes her happy.John Coleman: I hope she finds them.Esther: She will. Look.[She begins painting the cubs]Esther: They were lost in the jungle, and they were so scared because they didnt have a mother or father. But just when they thought theyd be alone forever, they found their mother asleep under this tree. Now when she wakes up, her dream will have come true. Shell have her family again.

— Orphan 2009 hope

[whispering into Maxs hearing aid]Esther: Ill shoot Mommy if you tell.

— Orphan 2009 you

Esther: I have a special surprise for you, Mommy!

— Orphan 2009 you

Esther: Going somewhere, Kate?

— Orphan 2009

Esther: I like it when its just the two of us. You dont know how long Ive waited for a daddy just like you.John Coleman: Mommy too, right?Esther: I dont think Mommy likes me very much.John Coleman: Hey. Thats not true, Mommy loves you.Esther: Its all right. It must be hard to love an adopted child as much as your own.John Coleman: Sweetheart, youre just as much part of this family as Danny and Max, okay? Why dont you do something nice for Mommy, show her how much you love her?Esther: Thats a wonderful idea.

— Orphan 2009 love

[Holding a big rock over an unconscious Daniels head]Esther: Dont worry. Youre going to Heaven.

— Orphan 2009 heaven

Trevor: Your sisters a total spaz.Daniel Coleman: Shes not my sister.

— Orphan 2009 man

Esther: Kate, its too late. Its your own fault. You took your family for granted.[She tries to leave; Kate grabs her]Kate Coleman: What do you mean?Esther: What are you going to do? Hit me?

— Orphan 2009 family

Esther: I think people should always try to take the bad things that happen to them in their lives, and turn them into something good. Dont you?

— Orphan 2009 people

Kate Coleman: Go to your room.Esther: Honestly, were past that now, arent we?

— Orphan 2009 past

John Coleman: She painted all these.Kate Coleman: Really?John Coleman: Yeah.Kate Coleman: These are fantastic. These are really wonderful.Esther: Thank you.Kate Coleman: Well, where did you learn how to do this?Esther: Ive just had lots of time to practice, I guess. Its really boring here.Kate Coleman: Its boring here? Hey, if youre so bored, then why arent you down at the party?Esther: Ive never really seen the point of it. Nobodys ever talked to me before. I guess Im different.Kate Coleman: Theres nothing wrong with being different, you know.John Coleman: Well, you two have a lot in common.

— Orphan 2009 time

Max Coleman: [signing] You tricked me.Esther: That doesnt matter. Theyll send you to jail just for helping me hide her. I had to kill her, because she was going to tell on me. Youre not going to tell on me... are you?

— Orphan 2009 man

[pointing a revolver at Maxs head]Esther: Do you want to play?

— Orphan 2009 you

Grandma Barbara: Esther and Maxine seem to be getting along well.Kate Coleman: Yeah.Grandma Barbara: Hows she doing, Kate?Kate Coleman: Esthers fittin right in.Grandma Barbara: I meant Maxine. Shes playing by the pond like nothing ever happened. She doesnt remember anything, does she?

— Orphan 2009 man

Kate Coleman: [using sign language to read Max her favorite bedtime story] I waited all night to meet my new baby sister. But, when Mommy and Daddy came home, Mommy told me that my little sister went to Heaven. Im glad that my little sister went to Heaven.[pause]Kate Coleman: But... I would have liked to have met her first.Max Coleman: [signing] Is baby Jessica an angel?Kate Coleman: [signing] Yes, a beautiful angel![she kisses Maxs head and pulls her body underneath the bed covers]Max Coleman: [signing] Am I going to get a new sister?Kate Coleman: [signing] I dont know.

— Orphan 2009 time

Dr. Varava: Does she have the scars?Kate Coleman: What? I dont know, what scars?Dr. Varava: Leena was one of our *most* violent patients. When she here she was kept in a straitjacket to stop her from hurting our staff, she was constantly fighting to get out of it. It cut into her skin and left her with scars around her wrists and neck. There is no way you could have not seen them!

— Orphan 2009 man

Grandma Barbara: So... what are your plans?Kate Coleman: Ill get Esther settled, and, uh... then go back to teaching.Grandma Barbara: Thought they werent gonna take you back.Kate Coleman: No, Im not talkin about Yale, Im just... Ill probably give lessons from home.Grandma Barbara: Thats too bad. That was a very good job.Kate Coleman: Yeah, well, I didnt quit cause I wanted to.Grandma Barbara: I know. You had to have your moment of clarity.Kate Coleman: That is an AA term. And I didnt go to AA; I just stopped drinkin.Grandma Barbara: Same difference. We all need a wake-up call sometimes.

— Orphan 2009 time

[as Daniel rummages through his treehouse, Esther suddenly enters behind him]Esther: Are you looking for this?[pulls the hammer and her bloody clothes from Maxs backpack]Esther: Poor Sister Abigail. I couldnt have done it myself, you know. Max is just as guilty as I am.Daniel Coleman: Whatever Max did, you made her do it!Esther: Think about it.[pulls Maxs drawings from her pocket]Esther: How did she even know what was up here? Its always better to burn the evidence.[begins spraying lighter fluid on the pile]Esther: If they find these things, they wont just be coming for me. Theyll be coming for Max, too.[lights a match]Esther: Is it really what you want?Daniel Coleman: Wait![She drops the match and sprays more fluid all over the floor]Daniel Coleman: What are you doing? Are you crazy?

— Orphan 2009 light

[first lines]John Coleman: Hang on. I know. Youre doin so good. Youre doin so good, honey. You all right?Kate Coleman: Yeah.

— Orphan 2009 man

[last lines]Kate Coleman: [to Max] Baby, its okay...

— Orphan 2009 man

Saarne Institute Orderly: Hello?Kate Coleman: Is this the Saarne Institute?Saarne Institute Orderly: Yes.Kate Coleman: Yes, I, I need to talk to somebody about, uh, one of your children. She was adopted by an American family. Its a girl.Saarne Institute Orderly: She is not come from here...Kate Coleman: Well, I havent even told you her name yet.Saarne Institute Orderly: You do not understand. Saarne Institute is not an orphanage, it is a mental hospital.

— Orphan 2009 family

Kate Coleman: Go to your room!Esther: Honestly Kate, were past that now, arent we?

— Orphan 2009 past

Kate Coleman: [after being told the truth about Esther] Oh my God! How could she fool us?Dr. Varava: Shes been passing herself as a little girl for most of her life.[pause]Dr. Varava: She tricked a family here in Estonia into adopting her. When she couldnt seduce the father, she killed him and his entire family...Kate Coleman: Then she burned the house down!Dr. Varava: Yes! How did you know?[pause]Dr. Varava: She disappeared over a year ago and we lost track of her.[pause]Dr. Varava: If it is really Leena, you dont have much time![Kate hangs up her cell phone and frantically runs out of the hospital to get to her car]

— Orphan 2009 life

Kate Coleman: [after being told the real truth about Esther] Oh my God! How could she fool us?Dr. Varava: Shes been passing herself as a little girl for most of her life. She tricked the family here in Estonia. When she couldnt seduce the father, she killed him and his whole family...Kate Coleman: Then she burned the house down!

— Orphan 2009 life

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