Orion and the Dark
2024 · Movie · PG · 90 min · ★ 6.5 · 82% critics
A young boy with a big imagination is terrified of the dark, until he meets a friendly, larger-than-life version of it. Together they travel through the night and encounter different parts of nighttime, helping him understand his fears and find the courage to face them.
Based on Orion and The Dark
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Streaming on Netflix.
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Details
- Years
- 2024
- Release date
- 2024-02-01
- Language
- English
- Rated
- PG
- Runtime
- 90 min
- Max quality
- HD
- Critic score
- 82/100
- TMDB rating
- 6.5/10 (646 votes)
About
You’ll likely enjoy this if you want a sweet, imaginative kids’ adventure about handling fears, with playful night-world ideas like My Father's Dragon; Not for you if you dislike meta storytelling, uneven pacing, or lots of dialogue.
Pros: warm message about fear; imaginative night characters; family-friendly fun | Cons: messy meta detours; rushed, uneven pacing; humor can fall flat
Themes
- underdog
- cat
- fear
- based on children's book
- fear of the dark
- horror for children
- magical creature
- overcoming fears
- imaginative
- fears
- dark
- magical
- +1 more
Cast & crew
Jacob Tremblay
as Orion (voice)
Paul Walter Hauser
as Dark (voice)
Angela Bassett
as Sweet Dreams (voice)
Colin Hanks
as Adult Orion (voice)
Natasia Demetriou
as Sleep (voice)
Golda Rosheuvel
as Unexplained Noises (voice)
Nat Faxon
as Insomnia (voice)
Aparna Nancherla
as Quiet (voice)
Ike Barinholtz
as Light (voice)
Carla Gugino
as Orion's Mom (voice)
Directed by Sean Charmatz