Orion and the Dark

2024
PG
1h 33m

IMDb RATING

6.3/10

17K

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Angela Bassett, Golda Rosheuvel, Paul Walter Hauser, Jacob Tremblay, Aparna Nancherla, and Natasia Demetriou in Orion and the Dark (2024)

Follows Orion, a young boy who is afraid of heights, pets, and rendered nearly catatonic by the worst of all perils: the dark. The Dark takes Orion on a nighttime trip to prove to the youngster that the only thing to fear is fear itself.

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Computer Animation Adventure Animation Comedy Family Fantasy Mystery

A boy with an active imagination faces his fears on an unforgettable journey through the night with his new friend: a giant, smiling creature named Dark.A boy with an active imagination faces his fears on an unforgettable journey through the night with his new friend: a giant, smiling creature named Dark.A boy with an active imagination faces his fears on an unforgettable journey through the night with his new friend: a giant, smiling creature named Dark.

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IMDb RATING

6.3/10

17K

YOUR RATING

See production info at IMDbPro

Awards
- 3 wins & 16 nominations total

Orion
(voice)

Paul Walter Hauser

Dark
(voice)

Colin Hanks

Adult Orion
(voice)

Mia Akemi Brown

Hypatia
(voice)

Ike Barinholtz

Light
(voice)

Nat Faxon

Insomnia
(voice)

Golda Rosheuvel

Unexplained Noises
(voice)

Natasia Demetriou

Sleep
(voice)

Aparna Nancherla

Quiet
(voice)

Carla Gugino

Orion's Mom
(voice)

Matt Dellapina

Orion's Dad
(voice)

Shannon Chan-Kent

Adult Hypatia
(voice)

Nick Kishiyama

Tycho
(voice)

Angela Bassett

Sweet Dreams
(voice)

Sky Alexis

Lisa
(voice)

Hira Ambrosino

Woman at the Drive-In
(voice)

Yoshi Ando

Man at the Drive-In
(voice)

Larisa Asuaje

Mrs. Spinoza
(voice)

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Trivia
The film portrays Orion as being eleven or twelve years old. In the book, he was closer to six.

Quotes
Orion: In real life, when you're dead, you're dead. The realization that there's no way around it terrifies me. I try to imagine what death is like. I've concluded it's like nothing. This is black and silent, not nothing. Blackness and silence is something. Nothing is perhaps the one unimaginable thing.

Crazy credits
The opening DreamWorks Animation logo appears as a drawing, and has a scared Orion appear on the Moon and draw a light switch to change the dark background to bright white.

Connections
Featured in MsMojo: Top 10 Best Netflix Releases of 2024 (2024)

Soundtracks
Apocalypse Dreams
Written by Kevin Parker, Jay Watson
Performed by Tame Impala
Courtesy of Modular Recordings/Universal Music Australia Pty. Ltd.
Under license from Universal Music Enterprises

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Featured review

6/10

interesting but not sure for the kids

Orion is a boy who is afraid of everything including bully Richi Panichi and girl crush Sally. He puts it all down in his notebook. One night, he is visited by one of his worst fears, the Dark. The Dark is an actual supernatural being and it takes him on a journey through the world of night-time beings.

This is based on a children's book. Charlie Kaufman is one of the writers and seemed to have injected his brand of existential dread. I love some of the ideas, but this may not be for the littlest ones in the audience. It's interesting that the Dark is such a friendly character. I would have thought that it should be a scary character at the start and Orion learns to see its beauty later.