Let the Right One In (2008)
Average Rating: 8.2/10
Reviews Counted: 169
Fresh: 165 | Rotten: 4
Let the Right One In reinvigorates the seemingly tired vampire genre by effectively mixing scares with intelligent storytelling.
Average Rating: 7.9/10
Critic Reviews: 33
Fresh: 32 | Rotten: 1
Let the Right One In reinvigorates the seemingly tired vampire genre by effectively mixing scares with intelligent storytelling.
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A 12-year-old boy befriends a mysterious young girl whose appearance in town suspiciously coincides with a horrifying series of murders in director Tomas Alfredson's adaptation of the book by author John Ajvide Lindqvist, who also wrote the screenplay. Oskar is a young boy who can't seem to shake off the local bullies, but all of that begins to change when a new neighbor moves in next door. After striking up an innocent friendship with his eccentric next-door neighbor, Oskar realizes that she is
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Cast
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Kåre Hedebrant
Oskar -
Lina Leandersson
Eli -
Per Ragnar
HÃ¥kan, Håkan, H?kan -
Henrik Dahl
Erik -
Karin Bergquist
Yvonne -
Peter Carlberg
Lacke -
Ika Nord
Virginia -
Mikael Rahm
Jocke -
Karl-Robert Lindgren
Gösta, Gösta, G?sta -
Anders T. Peedu
Morgan -
Pale Olofsson
Larry -
Cayetano Ruiz
Avila Schoolmaster -
Patrik Rydmark
Conny -
Johan Somnes
Andreas -
Mikael Erhardsson
Martin -
Rasmus Luthander
Jimmy -
Soren Kallstigen
Janne Erik's friend -
Malin Cederbladh
Hospital Receptionist -
Bernt Ostman
Virginia's nurse -
Kajsa Linderholm
Teacher -
Adam Stone
Policeman in Classroom -
Ingemar Raukola
Messenger
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All Critics (169) | Top Critics (33) | Fresh (168) | Rotten (6) | DVD (6)
Calling to mind the work of Anne Rice and Stephen King, atmospheric adaptation of Swedish author John Ajvide Lindqvist's bestseller is well directed by his countryman Tomas Alfredson.
Top CriticThis bruised and brilliant fairy tale is one of the year's true originals.
An American remake seems inevitable, but it will be hard to re-create the haunting spell cast by this wonderfully strange film about being young and going steady with a monster.
John Ajvide Lindqvist's script (from his novel) nails adolescent pain perfectly and is realized by Tomas Alfredson's expert direction.
A really nice little movie.
This is a really good movie.
Let the Right One In eschews all the crap that has plagued vampire films for years. This is a dark, serious and twisted film.
One of the best foreign language films of the year
Let the Right One In is a shot in the arm for the anaemic vampire movie genre, a thrilling transfusion of fresh blood.
Swedish vampire tale is much grislier than Twilight.
As singular as any vampire film.
Beautifully shot, moving yet unsentimental, restrained in tone and consummately performed, Let The Right One In is a horror film of near universal appeal, and already has the feel of a classic about it.
The film is a bevy of contradictions - beauty and horror, young love and violence, innocence and guilt. The fact that it works at all is impressive. The fact that it's a mind-blowing sensory experience is inexplicable.
Let the Right One In is a slow burning film with an engulfing atmosphere that leaves you feeling moved and mesmerised long after the credits have finished.
Lovelier than most bloodsucker flicks, but it doesn't quite transcend its well-chewed genre.
Exquisitely crafted.
A remarkable vampire film, as raw and frightening as it is tender and intelligent.
Una película fascinante, bellísima en su formulación visual y sonora, y narrada con sorprendente precisión. Más una historia de amor y amistad entre dos seres solitarios que una película de vampiros, definitivamente no recomendable para quienes busquen al
For every moment of bloodshed [and] special effects ... there are subtleties and surprises that transcend this exhausted genre.
Svim horor-fanovima koji ne podnose Sumrak ovaj film %u0107e do%u0107i kao melem na ljutu ranu
Acaba funcionando também como uma contundente alegoria sobre a imprevisibilidade da natureza humana, que traz, em sua imensa diversidade, monstros infinitamente piores do que aqueles com longos caninos.
this is a moody, original take on the vampire film. ... Anyone interested in vampire films or relationship films will enjoy this fantastic picture
If Twilight is the Vampire film for starry-eyed teenage girls, Let the Right One In is the Vampire film for everyone else.
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Anyone who's ever felt marginalised will find their heart captured by this subtle, touching, highly original take on vampire mythology.
Audience Reviews for Let the Right One In
Super Reviewer
Slowly paced and atmospheric, this is not a typical vampire film. The children provide an interesting take on the vampire genre, and there is more than enough creepy scenes that might please a horror fanatic.
However, the film's pace was often too slow for me, and the exposition was too long. Also, I thought the school bullies were unrealistically sadistic. They seemed like the adult sociopaths whom I've tired of in movies of this ilk.
Overall, I liked Let the Right One In and am generally impressed by Swedish cinema, but I can't say that I was in the film's thrall, so to speak.
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- Oskar: Are you a vampire?
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- Eli: I'm like you.
- Oskar: What do you mean?
- Eli: [accusing tone] What are you staring at? Well? Are you looking at me? [points her finger at Oskar] So scream! Squeal! Those were the first words I heard you say.
- Oskar: I don't kill people.
- Eli: No, but you'd like to. If you could... To get revenge. Right?
- Oskar: Yes.
- Eli: Oskar, I do it because I have to. Be me, for a while. [pause] Please Oskar... Be me, for a little while.
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- Eli: Oskar... Do you like me?
- Oskar: Yeah, a lot.
- Eli: If I wasn't a girl... Would you like me anyway?
- Oskar: I suppose so.
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- Oskar: Squeal like a pig. So, squeal!
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- Eli: I'm twelve. But I've been twelve for a long time.
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- Eli: May I come in?
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Foreign Titles
- So finster die Nacht (DE)
- Let the Right One In (Lat den ratte komma in) (UK)
