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Orion and the Dark
Directed by
Sean Charmatz
PG
2024
90m
Animation
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Adventure
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6.3
91%
58%
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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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Cast of Orion and the Dark
Jacob Tremblay
Orion (voice)
Paul Walter Hauser
Dark (voice)
Angela Bassett
Sweet Dreams (voice)
Colin Hanks
Adult Orion (voice)
Natasia Demetriou
Sleep (voice)
Golda Rosheuvel
Unexplained Noises (voice)
Nat Faxon
Insomnia (voice)
Aparna Nancherla
Quiet (voice)
Ike Barinholtz
Light (voice)
Carla Gugino
Orion's Mom (voice)
Matt Dellapina
Orion's Dad (voice)
Nick Kishiyama
Tycho (voice)
Mia Akemi Brown
Hypatia (voice)
Shannon Chan-Kent
Adult Hypatia (voice)
Jack Fisher
Richie Panici (voice)
Werner Herzog
Narrator (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)
Sean Charmatz
Irene's Boss / Cucumber Dentist / Soda / Insomnia Guy 1 (voice) / Director
Walt Dohrn
Stray Cat / Insomnia Guy 2 (voice)
Ren Hanami
Adult Sally (voice)
Amy Hill
Irene (voice)
Alyssa Lee
Irene's Daughter / Insomnia Girl (voice)
Noah McCown
Scared Child (voice)
Shino Nakamichi
Sally (voice)
Aliki Theofilopoulos
Irene's Coworker / Mom / Juice Box / Insomnia Teacher (voice)
Toru Uchikado
Insomnia Man (voice)
Charlie Kaufman
Writer
Ravi Kiran Nunna
Producer
Peter McCown
Producer
Orion and the Dark Ratings & Reviews
Ryezoo
February 4, 2025
Interesting concept but very half baked. Has nothing really going for it and I couldn’t get invest into main character. The big lots version of inside out for sleeping.
Dragon1981
May 23, 2025
Great slow movie about getting over your fears
Mashable
Kristy Puchko
Whether you have a kid in your life who could use some catharsis or an inner child in need of a lullaby, check out the chaotic yet comforting Orion and the Dark.
Willamette Week
Daniel Rester
While Orion and the Dark is kiddie fare, Kaufman does manage to squeeze in some jokes aimed at adults, while director Sean Charmatz brings Kaufman's script to life in colorful ways.
Common Sense Media
Jennifer Green
This film might have some relatively straightforward messages, but it's not exactly a simple tale. And it's better for that.
Newsday
Robert Levin
This is a smart movie that addresses real and universal childhood fears in an original way.
Inverse
Dais Johnston
Despite its candy-colored façade, its exploration of the powerful effects of storytelling makes Orion and the Dark one of the most thought-provoking movies of 2024.
Nuha Hassan (Medium)
Nuha Hassan
Orion and the Dark is a charming and adventurous animated feature that tells a positive story of growing up and overcoming anxiety.
EverythingButHorror.com
Peter Martin
It's the most subversive movie in general release for quite some time. ... If you're an adult without children, though, it's definitely worth a watch.
FandomWire
Manuel São Bento
Orion and the Dark preserves the essence and messages of the original tale about understanding and accepting our fears as something that characterizes us as human beings.
Loud and Clear Reviews
Hector A. Gonzalez
With Orion and the Dark, Charlie Kaufman pens a thoughtful and honest script that unfortunately loses itself in the last act.
Decider
John Serba
Orion and the Dark isn't as tightly written or original as it could be. But it's lovely to look at, and offers a substantive story for families to not just consume and forget, but provide a little food for thought.
Chicago Reader
Gregory Wakeman
Endlessly creative, full of alluring colors, and with a pace that grabs hold of viewers and doesn't let go, Orion and the Dark is made up of dynamic characters that you never could have imagined.
Rolling Stone
David Fear
More than a cut above your average rainy-afternoon distraction. It's really a low-key blast.
CNN.com
Brian Lowry
Part Inside Out, part A Christmas Carol, with a pinch of Monsters Inc., the DreamWorks production for Netflix turns classic childhood fears into something unexpectedly complex, and occasionally rich and wonderful.
RogerEbert.com
Brian Tallerico
With sharp character design, entertaining dialogue, and positive messaging, "Orion and the Dark" is an early-year Netflix original surprise.
IndieWire
David Ehrlich
Orion and the Dark takes the clever wisp of a bedtime story provided by its source material and stretches it into a self-aware and sweetly multi-generational meditation on how beautiful the world can be if you learn to live with your fears.
Associated Press
Mark Kennedy
Orion and the Dark is about fear and overcoming it but this movie directed by Sean Charmatz has too much junk clogging up the vision. It's based on Emma Yarlett's children's book but, like its main human character, lacks confidence.
The Daily Beast
Nick Schager
Boasts the idiosyncratic anxiety, depression, and angst of its author's work and the bouncy tone and matching visual style of every other recent cinematic kid's fable-two flavors that, it turns out, don't really go well together.
San Francisco Chronicle
Bob Strauss
The film's multiple, wackazoid hero journeys could conceivably leave Joseph Campbell scratching his head. Carl Jung, however, would be amused.
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