The Little Vampire (2000)
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55% of critics liked it
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53% of users liked it
(51,967 ratings)
Nine-year-old Tony (Jerry Maguire's Jonathan Lipnicki) has just moved with his parents (Tommy Hinkley and Pamela Gidley) to a small town in the Scottish Highlands, where his father is overseeing the building of a golf course for old squire Lord McAshton (John Wood). Tony is picked on by his new… More Nine-year-old Tony (Jerry Maguire's Jonathan Lipnicki) has just moved with his parents (Tommy Hinkley and Pamela Gidley) to a small town in the Scottish Highlands, where his father is overseeing the building of a golf course for old squire Lord McAshton (John Wood). Tony is picked on by his new classmates and starts dreaming about vampires at night, until one fine evening his dreams seem to summon Rudolph (Rollo Weeks), an aristocratic, wee vampire. Rudolph is among the vegetarian variety of vampires, but tells Tony that his diet has weakened his flying powers. After Tony guides Rudolph to some unsuspecting cows, on whose blood his new friend feasts, a friendship is born. Rudolph introduces Tony to his father (Richard E. Grant), mother (Alice Krige), and siblings, all of whom have been in hiding for three centuries as they wait for a comet to pass by that will make them human if they possess a magic amulet. Rudolph's dad, however, is missing part of the amulet, which turns out to have been stolen by Rudolph's uncle centuries ago and is now in the possession of none other than Lord McAshton. To further complicate matters, a vampire hunter (Jim Carter) is skulking around and causing no end of trouble. ~ Rebecca Flint Marx, Rovi
- Directed By
- Uli Edel, Ulrich Edel
- Written By
- Larry Wilson, Karey Kirkpatrick, Nicholas Waller
- Genres
- Action & Adventure, Kids & Family, Comedy
PG,
- In Theaters
- Oct 27, 2000 Wide
- Studio
- New Line Cinema
Critic Reviews
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Lisa Alspector, Chicago Reader
Vampire cows provide comic relief and many of the scares in this respectfully dark yet optimistic story about a lonely child who befriends a vampire.
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Derek Adams, Time Out
Much of the film's success is down to the costume design, the novel SFX and the mildly foreboding atmosphere of the mist enshrouded Scottish countryside.
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Jay Carr, Boston Globe
The film reminds us that Harry Potter isn't the whole story in children's literature, reversing the usual vampire movie cliches and advancing a few morals about tolerating differences.
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Ernest Hardy, Film.com
For adults, the film will drag in spots, but it's filled with all those values you hope to instill in your children.
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Eleanor Ringel Gillespie, Atlanta Journal-Constitution
It offers imagination and humor and a touch of goose bumps.
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Cast
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Jonathan Lipnicki
as Tony Thompson
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Richard E. Grant
as Frederick
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Jim Carter
as Rookery
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Alice Krige
as Freda
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John Wood
as Lord McAshton
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Pam Gidley
as Dottie Thompson
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Tommy Hinkley
as Bob Thompson
- Elizabeth Berrington
- Jake D'Arcy
- James Carter
- Rollo Weeks
- Anna Popplewell
- Dean Cook
- Ed Stoppard
- Pamela Gidley
- Jonathon Lipnicki
