Let Me In
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.
What critics thought
Matt Reeves' American remake of the Swedish cult film earned strong critical notices, with particular praise for the chemistry between its two young leads and for sustaining a genuinely unsettling atmosphere. The sharpest division, though, runs along a single fault line: admirers see a Hollywood remake that earns its existence, while detractors argue it adds nothing to — and in some ways diminishes — what the original accomplished, functioning less as a reimagining than a slightly blander photocopy.
“what makes Let Me In so eerily fascinating is the mood it creates. It is at once artful and unpretentious, more interested in intimacy and implication than in easy scares or slick effects”
A. O. Scott·The New York Times
“What's missing is the alluring otherness of Let the Right One In. That film's brittle textures and haunted ambiance seemed in some strange way to have sprung organically from the nation in which it was set. This remake, by contrast, smells of boardrooms and calculating machines.”
Sukhdev Sandhu·The Daily Telegraph
“Reeves hasn't really ferreted out anything new; on the contrary, there is actually less plot in Let Me In than in the Alfredson version.”
DVD Talk
“Reeves has Americanized a very good foreign film without defanging it.”
Roger Moore·Orlando Sentinel
Genres
Drama, Horror, Mystery
Cast & Crew
Matt ReevesDirector
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
Ritchie CosterMr. Zoric
Cara BuonoOwen's Mother
Michael GiacchinoComposer
John Ajvide LindqvistWriter
Greig FraserCinematographyLet Me In
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.
What critics thought
Matt Reeves' American remake of the Swedish cult film earned strong critical notices, with particular praise for the chemistry between its two young leads and for sustaining a genuinely unsettling atmosphere. The sharpest division, though, runs along a single fault line: admirers see a Hollywood remake that earns its existence, while detractors argue it adds nothing to — and in some ways diminishes — what the original accomplished, functioning less as a reimagining than a slightly blander photocopy.
“what makes Let Me In so eerily fascinating is the mood it creates. It is at once artful and unpretentious, more interested in intimacy and implication than in easy scares or slick effects”
A. O. Scott·The New York Times
“What's missing is the alluring otherness of Let the Right One In. That film's brittle textures and haunted ambiance seemed in some strange way to have sprung organically from the nation in which it was set. This remake, by contrast, smells of boardrooms and calculating machines.”
Sukhdev Sandhu·The Daily Telegraph
“Reeves hasn't really ferreted out anything new; on the contrary, there is actually less plot in Let Me In than in the Alfredson version.”
DVD Talk
“Reeves has Americanized a very good foreign film without defanging it.”
Roger Moore·Orlando Sentinel
Genres
Drama, Horror, Mystery
Cast & Crew
Matt ReevesDirectorKodi Smit-McPheeOwenChloë Grace MoretzAbbyRichard JenkinsThe FatherElias KoteasThe PolicemanSasha BarreseVirginiaDylan KeninLarryDylan MinnetteKennyJimmy 'Jax' PinchakMarkNicolai DorianDonaldSeth AdkinsHigh School KidRitchie CosterMr. ZoricCara BuonoOwen's MotherMichael GiacchinoComposerJohn Ajvide LindqvistWriterGreig FraserCinematography