Let Me In (2010)
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89% of critics liked it
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74% of users liked it
(61,729 ratings)
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,… More 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. ~ Jason Buchanan, Rovi
- Directed By
- Matt Reeves
- Written By
- Matt Reeves
- Genres
- Drama, Horror, Romance, Science Fiction & Fantasy
- In Theaters
- Oct 1, 2010 Wide
- Studio
- Overture Films
Critic Reviews
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David Edelstein, New York Magazine
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.
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Mary F. Pols, TIME Magazine
Let 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.
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Liam Lacey, Globe and Mail
A smart horror film that exploits a deep-seated fear in America: subtitle-phobia.
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Amy Biancolli, Houston Chronicle
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.
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Tom Long, Detroit News
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.
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Cast
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Chloe Moretz
as Abby
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Kodi Smit-McPhee
as Owen
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Richard Jenkins
as The Father
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Elias Koteas
as The Policeman
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Cara Buono
as Owen's Mother
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Sasha Barrese
as Virginia
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Dylan Kenin
as Larry
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Chris Browning
as Jack
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Ritchie Coster
as Mr. Zoric
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Dylan Minnette
as Kenny
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Jimmy 'Jax' Pinchak
as Mark
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Nicolai Dorian
as Donald
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Rebekah Wiggins
as Nurse
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Seth Adkins
as High School Kid
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Ashton Moio
as Lanky Kid
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Brett DelBuono
as Kenny's Brother
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Gwendolyn Apple
as Girl in Pool
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Colin Moretz
as Video Arcade Counterman
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Rowbie Orsatti
as Scottie Tate
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Brenda Wehle
as Principal
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Galen Hutchison
as Football Player #1
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Dean Satriano
as Football Player #2
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Rachel Hroncich
as Admitting Nurse
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Deborah Mazor
as Day Nurse
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Frank Bond
as Train Conductor
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Kayla Anderson
as Newscaster
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Tobin Espeset
as Paramedic #1
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Ben Bode
as Paramedic #2
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Juliet Lopez
as Paramedic #3
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Jon Kristian Moore
as Paramedic #4








