Quartile rating: 7/10 · 1 rating
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.
Let Me In is a competent and genuinely affecting American remake of Let the Right One In, anchored by remarkable performances from Kodi Smit-McPhee and Chloë Grace Moretz who bring real emotional weight to the central relationship. The plot faithfully follows the original's structure — a bullied boy finding unlikely companionship with a child vampire — offering little new beyond its predecessor. Cinematography is atmospheric and wintry but doesn't quite reach the haunting visual poetry of the Swedish original. Novelty suffers most here: as a remake of an already-acclaimed film from just two years prior, it offers minimal conceptual freshness despite solid execution. The ending effectively preserves the bittersweet ambiguity of the source material. Overall a well-made, emotionally resonant film that is ultimately overshadowed by the distinctiveness of what it reimagines.