Let Me In (2010)
Average Rating: 7.6/10
Reviews Counted: 204
Fresh: 181 | Rotten: 23
Similar to the original in all the right ways -- but with enough changes to stand on its own -- Let Me In is the rare Hollywood remake that doesn't add insult to inspiration.
Average Rating: 7.8/10
Critic Reviews: 35
Fresh: 29 | Rotten: 6
Similar to the original in all the right ways -- but with enough changes to stand on its own -- Let Me In is the rare Hollywood remake that doesn't add insult to inspiration.
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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
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Cast
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Chloe Moretz
Abby -
Kodi Smit-McPhee
Owen -
Richard Jenkins
The Father -
Elias Koteas
The Policeman -
Cara Buono
Owen's Mother -
Sasha Barrese
Virginia -
Dylan Kenin
Larry -
Chris Browning
Jack -
Ritchie Coster
Mr. Zoric -
Dylan Minnette
Kenny -
Jimmy 'Jax' Pinchak
Mark -
Nicolai Dorian
Donald -
Rebekah Wiggins
Nurse -
Seth Adkins
High School Kid -
Ashton Moio
Lanky Kid -
Brett DelBuono
Kenny's Brother -
Gwendolyn Apple
Girl in Pool -
Colin Moretz
Video Arcade Counterman -
Rowbie Orsatti
Scottie Tate -
Brenda Wehle
Principal -
Galen Hutchison
Football Player #1 -
Dean Satriano
Football Player #2 -
Rachel Hroncich
Admitting Nurse -
Deborah Mazor
Day Nurse -
Frank Bond
Train Conductor -
Kayla Anderson
Newscaster -
Tobin Espeset
Paramedic #1 -
Ben Bode
Paramedic #2 -
Juliet Lopez
Paramedic #3 -
Jon Kristian Moore
Paramedic #4
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The poetic Swedish vampire picture (with arterial spray) Let the Right One In has been hauntingly well transplanted to the high desert of Los Alamos, New Mexico, and renamed Let Me In.
Top CriticLet Me In is not as fantastic as Let the Right One In, which you should rent immediately. But it is undeniably powerful and made with obvious admiration and respect for the source material.
A smart horror film that exploits a deep-seated fear in America: subtitle-phobia.
It's still a striking piece of character-driven horror, and it still ranks (despite the effects) among the more understated fright fests to hit the mainstream in recent memory.
What works so well here is the juxtaposition of youthful innocence and downright puppy love with monstrosity and murder. Mean kids are scary. Kids who drink blood are scarier.
It's called Let Me In. That demanding title says something about how the gentle poetry of the original gets lost a bit in Reeves' translation.
In playing up the bullying, Reeves has Americanized a very good Swedish film without de-fanging it.
Vale la pena verla, por supuesto, pero mi mejor recomendación sería ver (antes o después) la versión sueca. Puede ser incluso un interesante ejercicio de comparación...
It doesn't have the emotional depth or resonance of the original, but it's a sutiable genre entry.
It's winter in Reagan's America...but wasn't it always?
There was no good reason for this movie to exist beyond a lazy American disinterest in subtitles. But having said that, it's pretty great on its own.
Let Me In is slow and thoughtful and its most chilling aspects require consideration after the fact by the viewer rather than simple thrills that wash over you viscerally and are just quickly gone.
This film makes me angry. Not because it's bad - I gave it four stars - but because it's unneccessary and shows up one of the biggest problems with Hollywood and audiences.
For anyone who can be bothered to read subtitles, it is essentially a pointless endeavour, but Let Me In has a strident regard for what made the original so enthralling...
The movie itself, despite its horror trappings, is a surprising testament to how strong the bonds of friendship are at that young, impressionable age.
An unusually beautiful horror film that understands that adolescence isn't one fixed state of past tense, but an ever-shifting, wobbly, see-saw of the wonderful, awful, tedious and potentially permanently damaging.
Apesar de ser um esforço digno (e mesmo um ótimo filme), soa apenas como uma empreitada comercial, não como um projeto movido por ambições artísticas.
In many ways, Matt Reeves' vision is both more feral and more vulnerable than the Swedish original...
Reeves ramps up the action ... and spells out some things that were only hinted at by his Swedish precursor... but [his film] remains chilling and touching in equal measure.
In a world where on-screen adolescent vampires spew fluffy drivel about love and longing more often than puncturing carotid arteries with gleaming fangs, Let Me In is quite the raw, fresh, and meaty approach.
What becomes apparent is how well the story stands up, and how it still wreaks havoc with our moral compasses.
Unlike most remakes, this is just as good as the original, maybe even better.
Audience Reviews for Let Me In
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This story has been made into a film once before by Swedish Tomas Alfredson, but in my opinion it was nothing more than a average film about bullied boy that hardly had any horror in it. Reeves' adaptation instead succeeds in creating an truly brooding atmosphere from the very first seconds till the last images.
With it's much more darker tone and more eerie setting, Let Me In is in many ways one of the more succesfull vampire themed films made.
While many could see this as a pure horror-film, i actually think that this is a more of an film about two lonely souls finding each other and falling in love.
Reeves shows fantastic eye for detail and visuals here. He knows exactly where to place his camera and how to build tension well and most effective possible ways. You can forget the the typical cheap jump scares with this film. This is not a film about loud noises or cliched solutions. And while there certainly is bloody sequences and truly horrifying scenes, they are mostly made with elegant style and without overblown effects.
One of the best things in this dark film is it's young leading actors Kodi Smit-McPhee and Chloe Moretz. Their performances and chemistry carry this film and make us truly care about them and their fate. It is also rarity to see a serial killer, played by excellent Richard Jenkins here, who actually manages to gain some empathy and understanding from audience. That is something which is not an easy task for a director. I must also give praise for Graig Fraser's fantastic camerawork which perfectly captures the snowbound eeriness of New Mexico. Composer Michael Giacchino also give us unexpected and extremely haunting score.
where Let Me In does slightly stumble is it's unnecessary use of obvious computer generated effectes which made Swedish film adaptation look unintentionally hilarious. Reeves has more budget and better effects but they still feel completely unnecessary and does not serve the story in any possible way.
Let Me In is as terrifying as it s beautiful and one of the more interesting horror entries of recent years.
Super Reviewer
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- Abby: You have to hit back... HARD.
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- Owen: How old are you? Really.
- Abby: Twelve. But I've been twelve for a very long time...
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- Abby: I've been 12 for a vary long time.
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- Abby: GO AWAY!
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- Abby: I have to hear you say it.
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- Owen: Eat some now, save some for later.
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Foreign Titles
- Laisse-moi entrer (FR)
- Déjame entrar (ES)
