Let Me In
Bullied at school, neglected at home and incredibly lonely, 12-year-old Owen spends his days plotting revenge on his tormentors and spends his nights spying on other residents of the apartment complex. Since then, Owen discovers the secret of a young female vampire who lives in secrecy with her guardian and befriends her.
1 July 1967, London, England, UK
10 February 1997, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
24 April 1981, Maui, Hawaii, USA
23 October 1992, Bristol, Connecticut, USA
29 December 1996
25 July 1991, Los Angeles County, California, USA
13 June 1996, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
4 May 1947, DeKalb, Illinois, USA
6 February 1911, Tampico, Illinois, USA
30 October 1989, Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA
11 March 1961, Montréal, Québec, Canada
16 February 1996, Point Pleasant, New Jersey, USA
October 14, 2014
Matt Reeves has succeeded in presenting the story in a thoughtful, respectful manner, while still Americanizing the Swedish text.
October 07, 2013
With its mix of true-blood romance and full-moon madness, Let Me In should hasten the twilight of the twerpy pretenders.
October 01, 2010
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.
October 14, 2014
Let Me In doesn't need to exist unless, that is, the very notion of Swedish cinema is strange and unpalatable to you.
August 26, 2015
You won't find a much bigger fan of the original film than yours truly -- and still I was very impressed by this crafty remake.
October 07, 2013
Let Me In is one of the few horror films that will trouble you long after the credits roll.
October 07, 2013
The result, though no less creepy than the Swedish film, mislays its lyricism and otherworldliness.
April 28, 2015
An awful lot of trouble to go to just because some people don't like reading subtitles.
October 14, 2014
The film is this year's best horror due to Smit-McPhee and Moretz displaying a vulnerability and a skill in characterization that belies their tender ages.
October 02, 2010
The tragedy in Jenkins' pathetic protector focuses the film's themes of desperation and the myopia of puppy love when you're young enough (or undead enough) to feel immortal
October 14, 2014
This is a story about two isolated kids making friends in a cold world. Those drops of blood in the snow could have come from anywhere.
October 04, 2010
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.
