Unfortunately, while first - time director Juan Antonio Bayona employs the same visual style as the Academy Award - nominee, «The Orphanage» is far from an once - in - a-lifetime experience. (bullzeye.com)
Let's face it, the guy had been using a lot the same actors, the same visual style, the same sense of humour and the same types of stories for the past 4 films. (filmjunk.com)
It's got that same visual style that's so unfairly pretty, great acting from the two leads (Bale's great at being annoying, and Malkovich is, well, Malkovich), and just the right amount of cheesy emotion. (theendofcinema.net)