Let Me In (2010)

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Cast: Kodi Smit-McPhee, Chloë Grace Moretz, Richard Jenkins, Cara Buono, Elias Koteas

Director: Matt Reeves

Rating: R

Running Time: 116 min.

Synopsis: John Ajvide Lindqvist's celebrated vampire novel makes the leap to the big screen once again with the second feature adaptation in so many years (Tomas Alfredson's critically acclaimed 2008 hit Let the Right One In, being the first). The sensitive target of vicious bullying at school, 12-year-old Owen (Kodi Smit-McPhee) is a social misfit from a broken home. By day Owen dreams about laying waste to his classroom tormentors; by night his attentions turn to his reclusive neighbors in their austere apartment complex. One evening, as Owen takes out his pent-up aggressions on a tree, his new neighbor Abby (Chloë Grace Moretz) appears over his shoulder. A young girl wise beyond her years, Abby just moved in next door to Owen with her stoic caretaker (Richard Jenkins), who seems to harbor a sinister secret. Compelled by Abby's apparent imperviousness to the harsh winter elements, her frail disposition, and the fact that she's nowhere to be found before the sun falls, Owen senses a kindred soul, and strikes up a friendship with the girl, despite her repeated attempts to maintain an emotional distance. Simultaneously, their community grows vigilant following a series of vicious murders, and Abby's caretaker vanishes without a trace. Later, as Abby begins to grow vulnerable, her bond with Owen strengthens. By the time Owen begins to suspect that his evasive new friend is something other than human, it starts to seem as if Abby could use a good friend after all. Given that his bullies are growing more emboldened by the day, so too could Owen.

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  • Feb 09, 2011 07:31 pm

    Nicole said: C

    Not good

  • Feb 17, 2011 05:40 am

    Tim said: C

    A different take on the run of the mill vampire movies. A fairly good movie to watch once.

  • Feb 18, 2011 04:17 pm

    stephanie said: A

    A sad lonely character study of what it is to be a young vampire.

  • Jul 02, 2011 03:18 am

    Amanda said: C

    It's not horrible, but it misses the subtlety of the original. Reeves tries to explain too much, while avoiding the obvious that the Swedish film so fearlessly tackled.

  • Jul 10, 2011 06:25 am

    charlie said: B

    Quite lame and WTF moments, like why don't the community miss people. A detective alone searches for a killer on the loose. "hard to beleive" good for pre-teens. scary.

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