For any adult who has ever lain awake at 3 AM worrying about a vague email or a weird cough, Orion feels painfully familiar. The film validates that feeling without mocking it. It says, "Yes, the world is terrifying. But here is how we keep going anyway." Enter Dark (voiced with gruff charm by Paul Walter Hauser). Dark is tired of Orion’s nightly panic attacks. After all, he’s just trying to do his job. So, he drags Orion out of his bedroom for a "night audit" to meet his co-workers: Sweet Dreams, Insomnia, Unexplained Noises, and the terrifyingly cool Quiet.
If you sit down to watch DreamWorks’ Orion and the Dark expecting that tired trope, you are in for a beautiful, existential, and surprisingly profound surprise.
So, tonight, when you turn off the lights, don’t fight the darkness. Look at it. Notice it. And remember: even the dark is afraid of the dark sometimes.
For any adult who has ever lain awake at 3 AM worrying about a vague email or a weird cough, Orion feels painfully familiar. The film validates that feeling without mocking it. It says, "Yes, the world is terrifying. But here is how we keep going anyway." Enter Dark (voiced with gruff charm by Paul Walter Hauser). Dark is tired of Orion’s nightly panic attacks. After all, he’s just trying to do his job. So, he drags Orion out of his bedroom for a "night audit" to meet his co-workers: Sweet Dreams, Insomnia, Unexplained Noises, and the terrifyingly cool Quiet.
If you sit down to watch DreamWorks’ Orion and the Dark expecting that tired trope, you are in for a beautiful, existential, and surprisingly profound surprise.
So, tonight, when you turn off the lights, don’t fight the darkness. Look at it. Notice it. And remember: even the dark is afraid of the dark sometimes.