{"id":2012,"date":"2024-02-11T03:53:00","date_gmt":"2024-02-11T10:53:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.kidsfirst.org\/juror\/blog\/?p=2012"},"modified":"2024-02-11T15:53:29","modified_gmt":"2024-02-11T22:53:29","slug":"orion-and-the-dark-a-family-friendly-film-that-includes-various-types-of-emotions-such-as-sad-happy-afraid-and-more","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kidsfirst.org\/juror\/blog\/2024\/orion-and-the-dark-a-family-friendly-film-that-includes-various-types-of-emotions-such-as-sad-happy-afraid-and-more\/","title":{"rendered":"Orion and the Dark * A\u00a0Family Friendly Film That Includes Various Types Of Emotions Such As Sad, Happy, Afraid\u00a0And\u00a0More"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft size-medium is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"203\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kidsfirst.org\/juror\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Orionandthedark.poster-203x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2017\" style=\"width:120px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.kidsfirst.org\/juror\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Orionandthedark.poster-203x300.jpg 203w, https:\/\/www.kidsfirst.org\/juror\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Orionandthedark.poster-692x1024.jpg 692w, https:\/\/www.kidsfirst.org\/juror\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Orionandthedark.poster-768x1137.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.kidsfirst.org\/juror\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Orionandthedark.poster.jpg 1013w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 203px) 100vw, 203px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>KIDS FIRST! Film Critic Avalynn G. comments, \u201cThe&nbsp;film&nbsp;<em>Orion<\/em><em>&nbsp;and&nbsp;the&nbsp;Dark&nbsp;<\/em>is&nbsp;a&nbsp;family friendly film that includes various types of emotions such as sad, happy, afraid&nbsp;and&nbsp;more.&nbsp; I love&nbsp;the&nbsp;animation&nbsp;and&nbsp;the&nbsp;contrast between&nbsp;the&nbsp;light&nbsp;and&nbsp;dark.\u201d See her full review below. &nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Orion\u00a0and\u00a0the\u00a0Dark<br>By Avalynn G., KIDS FIRST! Film Critic, Age 10<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The&nbsp;film&nbsp;<em>Orion<\/em><em>&nbsp;and&nbsp;the&nbsp;Dark&nbsp;<\/em>is&nbsp;a&nbsp;family friendly film that includes various types of emotions such as sad, happy, afraid&nbsp;and&nbsp;more.&nbsp; I love&nbsp;the&nbsp;animation&nbsp;and&nbsp;the&nbsp;contrast between&nbsp;the&nbsp;light&nbsp;and&nbsp;dark.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Avalynn G.&#039;s Eye-Opening Review of Orion and the Dark\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/woSrL6xu4cw?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignright size-medium is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kidsfirst.org\/juror\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/orion-and-the-dark_nu3e-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2016\" style=\"width:180px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.kidsfirst.org\/juror\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/orion-and-the-dark_nu3e-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.kidsfirst.org\/juror\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/orion-and-the-dark_nu3e-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.kidsfirst.org\/juror\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/orion-and-the-dark_nu3e-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.kidsfirst.org\/juror\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/orion-and-the-dark_nu3e.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>The\u00a0storyline follows\u00a0a\u00a0boy named\u00a0Orion\u00a0(Jacob Temblay).\u00a0Orion\u00a0is terrified of\u00a0the\u00a0dark\u00a0until one night an entity named\u00a0Dark\u00a0comes to his house to show him there is no reason to be afraid. He takes\u00a0Orion\u00a0with him to show him his job. In\u00a0the\u00a0process,\u00a0Dark\u00a0takes\u00a0Orion\u00a0to see\u00a0the\u00a0other night entities. Everytime he goes to see all\u00a0the\u00a0night entities&#8217; jobs he ends up messing them up.\u00a0Orion\u00a0explains to\u00a0the\u00a0other night entities how Light is amazing\u00a0and\u00a0Dark\u00a0is bad.\u00a0Dark\u00a0overhears him\u00a0and\u00a0thinks nobody likes him. All\u00a0the\u00a0other night entities quit because they want to see how\u00a0the\u00a0Light is.\u00a0Dark\u00a0has to do his job all by himself now.\u00a0Dark\u00a0doesn\u2019t want to do his job alone so he goes into\u00a0the\u00a0light\u00a0and\u00a0disappears.\u00a0Orion\u00a0gets all\u00a0the\u00a0night entities back together to save\u00a0Dark. To do that dream goes in his imagination\u00a0and\u00a0finds\u00a0Dark\u00a0there. In\u00a0the\u00a0end\u00a0Orion\u00a0likes\u00a0the\u00a0dark\u00a0and\u00a0appreciates them now because without\u00a0dark\u00a0it was too light.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft size-medium is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kidsfirst.org\/juror\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/orion-and-the-dark.3-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"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.\n\nKIDS FIRST! Film Critic Avalynn G. comments, \u201cThe film Orion and the Dark is a family friendly film that includes various types of emotions such as sad, happy, afraid and more.  I love the animation and the contrast between the light and dark.\u201d \" class=\"wp-image-2013\" style=\"width:220px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.kidsfirst.org\/juror\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/orion-and-the-dark.3-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.kidsfirst.org\/juror\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/orion-and-the-dark.3-1024x684.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.kidsfirst.org\/juror\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/orion-and-the-dark.3-768x513.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.kidsfirst.org\/juror\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/orion-and-the-dark.3.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>My favorite part of this film is when\u00a0Dark\u00a0takes\u00a0Orion\u00a0to see his job. I think it is so cool to see\u00a0Dark\u00a0and\u00a0Orion\u00a0fly through\u00a0the\u00a0sky. I also enjoy watching\u00a0the\u00a0night entities doing their job. I especially love Dream\u2019s job. It is amazing how Dream goes into people&#8217;s imagination\u00a0and\u00a0makes their dreams out of something that has happened in their life. It is very surprising when\u00a0the\u00a0audience realizes that\u00a0<em>Orion\u00a0and\u00a0the\u00a0Dark<\/em>\u00a0is\u00a0a\u00a0story that future\u00a0Orion\u00a0is telling his daughter, explaining how he gets over his fear of\u00a0the\u00a0dark.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignright size-medium is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kidsfirst.org\/juror\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/orion_and_the_dark_review_netflix-1280x720-1-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2014\" style=\"width:220px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.kidsfirst.org\/juror\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/orion_and_the_dark_review_netflix-1280x720-1-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.kidsfirst.org\/juror\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/orion_and_the_dark_review_netflix-1280x720-1-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.kidsfirst.org\/juror\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/orion_and_the_dark_review_netflix-1280x720-1-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.kidsfirst.org\/juror\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/orion_and_the_dark_review_netflix-1280x720-1.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>The&nbsp;film\u2019s message is to face your fears because if you don\u2019t you will miss out on life. At&nbsp;the&nbsp;end,&nbsp;Orion&nbsp;faces his fear! He just does it&nbsp;and&nbsp;he feels better. He feels like he can accomplish&nbsp;and&nbsp;do anything now.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I give&nbsp;<em>Orion<\/em><em>&nbsp;And&nbsp;The&nbsp;Dark&nbsp;<\/em>4 out of 5 stars&nbsp;and&nbsp;recommend it for ages 5 to 12.&nbsp; This film starts streaming on Netflix February 2, 2024.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>sean Charmatz, movie reviews,by kids for kids,Orion and the dark,orion,jacob tremblay,new on netflix february 2024, Netflix,animation,orion and the dark netflix,orion and the dark movie,kids family,netflix kids,netflix family, Peter McCown, Jacob Tremblay, Paul alter Hauser, Colin Hanks, Mia akemi Brown, Ike Barinholtz, Nat Faxon, Golda Rosheuvel, Natasia Demetriou, Aparna Nancherla, Carla Gugino, Matt Dellapina, <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[4],"tags":[305,1831,278,2089,2091,2078,2084,2081,390,2082,2080,220,1822,2083,143,392,389,2090,2085,2077,2076,2087,2088,2086,2079],"class_list":["post-2012","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-film-critics-blog","tag-animation","tag-aparna-nancherla","tag-by-kids-for-kids","tag-carla-gugino","tag-colin-hanks","tag-golda-rosheuvel","tag-ike-barinholtz","tag-jacob-tremblay","tag-kids-family-2","tag-matt-dellapina","tag-mia-akemi-brown","tag-movie-reviews","tag-nat-faxon","tag-natasia-demetriou","tag-netflix","tag-netflix-family","tag-netflix-kids","tag-new-on-netflix-february-2024","tag-orion","tag-orion-and-the-dark","tag-orion-and-the-dark-movie","tag-orion-and-the-dark-netflix","tag-paul-alter-hauser","tag-peter-mccown","tag-sean-charmatz"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kidsfirst.org\/juror\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2012","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kidsfirst.org\/juror\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kidsfirst.org\/juror\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kidsfirst.org\/juror\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kidsfirst.org\/juror\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2012"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.kidsfirst.org\/juror\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2012\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2019,"href":"https:\/\/www.kidsfirst.org\/juror\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2012\/revisions\/2019"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kidsfirst.org\/juror\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2012"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kidsfirst.org\/juror\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2012"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kidsfirst.org\/juror\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2012"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}