Let Me In (I) (2010)
7/10
A British-American Remake of the Swedish "Låt den Rätte Komma in"
9 June 2011
Warning: Spoilers
In Los Alamos, New Mexico, the twelve year-old Owen (Kodi Smit-McPhee) is a lonely and outcast boy bullied in school by Kenny (Dylan Minnette) and two other classroom mates; at home, Owen dreams on revenging the trio of bullies. He befriends his twelve year-old next door neighbor Abby (Chloë Grace Moretz) that only appears during the night in the playground of their building. Meanwhile, Abby's father is a wanted serial-killer that drains the blood of his victims to supply Abby, who is actually an ancient vampire. Abby advises Owen to react to Kenny fighting back; however, sooner he discovers that she is a vampire and he feels fear and love for the girl. Meanwhile a police officer is investigating the murder cases believing that it is a satanic cult.

"Let me In" is a British-American remake of the Swedish "Låt den Rätte Komma in" a.k.a. "Let the Right One In". This stylish vampire movie is developed in a slow pace, like most European movies, with an original, sensitive and very well constructed story. The performances are top- notch and the greatest difference of this good remake is the language, since it is English spoken. Nevertheless, the original film is classy and unbeatable and the first Swedish vampire movie I have ever seen. . My question is, wouldn't be much easier to dub the original film for those that have difficulties to read subtitles? My vote is seven.

Title (Brazil): "Deixe-me Entrar" ("Let me In")
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