Synopsis
A bullied young boy befriends a young female vampire who lives in secrecy with her guardian. A remake of the movie “Let The Right One In” which was an adaptation of a book.
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Cast
- Kodi Smit-McPheeOwen
- Chloë Grace MoretzAbby
- Richard JenkinsThe Father
- Elias KoteasThe Policeman
- Sasha BarreseVirginia
- Dylan KeninLarry
- Dylan MinnetteKenny
- Jimmy 'Jax' PinchakMark
- Nicolai DorianDonald
- Seth AdkinsHigh School Kid
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The Hollywood Reporter
Key to the remake's ultimate success is the casting of the troubled young leads.Smit-McPhee and Moretz possess the soulful depth and pre-adolescent vulnerability necessary to keep it compellingly real. - 100
Variety
"Cloverfield" director Matt Reeves hasn't ruined the elegant Swedish vampire story by remaking it. If anything, he's made some improvements, including the addition of a tense action-horror sequence in the middle of the film. - 90
Salon
An imaginative and largely intact retelling of this gory, troubling, uniquely sweet and uniquely dark vampire tale. - 88
Orlando Sentinel
Reeves has Americanized a very good foreign film without defanging it. - 83
Entertainment Weekly
The surprise of Let Me In is that director Matt Reeves (Cloverfield) hasn't just remade the Swedish cult vampire film "Let the Right One In" into a more fluid and visceral movie. He's made it more dangerous. - 83
Tampa Bay Times
This is how a romantic vampire flick should work. - 80
Boxoffice Magazine
Let Me In eclipses "Twilight" in every way, leaving you thirsty for more of this haunting, touching and unforgettable thriller. - 80
Time Out
The new Let Me In does more than merely preserve the original's mood; it actually improves on it.