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westcoastwillam

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I can't say enough about this movie I can't give it enough credit how eerie this whole fairy tale like world comes to life on the screen and you fall in love in what could be the bad guy or the good guy/girl depending on who you are I say this is...
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I can't say enough about this movie I can't give it enough credit how eerie this whole fairy tale like world comes to life on the screen and you fall in love in what could be the bad guy or the good guy/girl depending on who you are I say this is A mutch watch for anyone who likes vampires or for anyone who like good film this is a truly superb Movie

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Posted nov 1, 2009 10:55 am pt

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Best vampire movie since...! Oh, wait, what? They almost always suck? Interview was good, sure, but nothing worth-while since then. This one makes up for lost time. The end makes me want to see more and I think that's got good written all over it....
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Best vampire movie since...! Oh, wait, what? They almost always suck? Interview was good, sure, but nothing worth-while since then. This one makes up for lost time. The end makes me want to see more and I think that's got good written all over it. KICKASS GIRL VAMPIRES ARE COOOOOOOOOOOOOOL~!!

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Posted aug 26, 2009 7:43 pm pt

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It's been a while since I've seen a great horror film let alone a vampire story and this film is one of those ones I've been waiting for. The film isn't just a straghtfoward horror film but it's actually a moving romance story. Everything in the...
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It's been a while since I've seen a great horror film let alone a vampire story and this film is one of those ones I've been waiting for. The film isn't just a straghtfoward horror film but it's actually a moving romance story. Everything in the film is done right. I really love the fact that this takes place in the winter because that is usually the time when there is not much sun. The use of cold, darkness and snow just really creates an unsettling, isolating, and forboding atmosphere as if danger can come out and be hidden anywhere. And the film does have some gore but it's not explicit this is once again an example of gore used the right way and reasons. And another fact the word vampire is not used once in the film.

However what really powers this film for me is the drama, the interplay and depth between both Oskar and Eli. Both feel like real kids their not sterotypical all smiles. The chemestry between the two is beautiful, both despite differences do have comonalities both are outsiders and are alone in the world. I really could relate to the Oskar character because I was in the same place as him at the time; I didn't have many friends, I liked/loved as well as did different things that's not popular with the social norm, I didn't really fit in with the crowd which made me a minority, but worst of all just like him I was bulled by scumsuckers that were in the same school I was in. I really like how the bullies are portrayed in this film, you don't like them at all. But don't worry in the end they get exactly what they deserve and I'll admit that it felt good seeing that. Most of all Eli is a very intreging character that you feel an equal amount of pathos for. There is a great sense of depth to her because we see how long she's been a vampire, there was a scene where she shows Oskar a single toy that is now worth millions of dolars, yeah that long. She is somewhat wise and a bit mature that Oskar and yet still a kid all the same, which is both interesting and sad. And she knows she kills but it's to survive she can't help it, it's like any wild animal that has to kill it's prey for food it's their nature nothing can change that.

I really do love how both do understand one another there are significant differences that and both act mature for their age both didn't just act like kids but almost felt like adults, which make it feel more than just a frendship but actually a mature romance. It's a rare thing to seen two kids fall in love, the only time I really saw that was the dark fantasy film "Paperhouse", I find it interesting because there is a sense of innocence and discover about it, which makes it all the more beautiful. Two scenes of this is one when Oskar tests Eli on the consequences of not inviting her in, and we see her hemorage and then he imediately invites her and appoligizes which is what a good significant other should do. And then that scene when both kiss.

Oskar and Eli are soulmates that have found one another in the darkness.

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Posted aug 9, 2009 12:00 pm pt

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This great vampire movie wows with it subtle yet violent approach. Any aversion one has to the genre after watching Twilight will be cured with this film.

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Posted dec 25, 2008 7:17 pm pt

• [+] Washington Post
  
  100
  In the basest of terms, a horror flick. But it's also a spectacularly moving and elegant movie, and to dismiss it into genre-hood, to mentally stuff it into the horror pigeonhole, is to overlook a remarkable film.

  by John Anderson | Read Full Review »
• [+] Chicago Tribune
  
  100
  This is one of the real finds of 2008.

  by Michael Phillips | Read Full Review »
• [+] Empire
  
  100
  At once a devastating, curiously uplifting inhuman drama and a superbly crafted genre exercise, Let The Right One In can stand toe-to-toe with Spirit Of The Beehive, Pan's Labyrinth or Orphee. See it.

  by Kim Newman | Read Full Review »
• [+] Portland Oregonian
  
  91
  It's one of the great horror films of recent years -- and a welcome antidote to the in-your-face sonic assaults that all too often pass for genre fare.

  by M. E. Russell | Read Full Review »
• [+] Film Threat
  
  90
  The best fairy tales always have so much darkness in them. That's why they resonate so deeply. This is a magnificent film.

  by Jeremy Knox | Read Full Review »
• [+] Austin Chronicle
  
  89
  Could be summarized as a vampire tween romance, but that cheap and tawdry sum-up does zero justice to the magnificent emotional resonance of this gemlike bloodstone of a film.

  by Marc Savlov | Read Full Review »
• [+] Boston Globe
  
  88
  The beauty of Let the Right One In resides in the way the horror remains grounded in a tragic kind of love.

  by Wesley Morris | Read Full Review »
• [+] Baltimore Sun
  
  88
  Most contemporary horror films derive shocks from mere torture. Let the Right One In locates most of its fright-power in the needs and confusions of people who are usually overlooked.

  by Michael Sragow | Read Full Review »
• [+] Charlotte Observer
  
  88
  The most violent scene is dreamlike, and more direct killings are often seen at an angle or from a distance. The camera placement is thoughtful and effective, never titillating.

  by Lawrence Toppman | Read Full Review »
• [+] Rolling Stone
  
  88
  Stick your neck out for this Swedish horror show. It's a winner, full of mirth and malice, plus a young romance you'll never see on the Disney Channel.

  by Peter Travers | Read Full Review »
• [+] Chicago Sun-Times
  
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  The young actors are powerful in draining roles. We care for them more than they care for themselves. Alfredson's palette is so drained of warm colors that even fresh blood is black.

  by Roger Ebert | Read Full Review »
• [+] Philadelphia Inquirer
  
  88
  Funny, fear-inducing, with periods of voyeuristic gore and an undercurrent of anxiety and dread, Let the Right One In is up there with the bloodsucking classics.

  by Steven Rea | Read Full Review »
• [+] Seattle Post-Intelligencer
  
  83
  It's a little long and dissipates some of its power in an unfocused subplot, but the skewed sensibility of the film is both innocent and feral and offers a smart and satisfying reworking to the familiar genre. An American remake is already in the works.

  by Sean Axmaker | Read Full Review »
• [+] The Onion (A.V. Club)
  
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  It's a sweetly queasy film that suggests the spirit that sustains us, the demons we hide from the world, and the monsters that prey upon us in the dark might all be variations on the same beast.

  by Maria Schneider | Read Full Review »
• [+] New York Magazine
  
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  It's a genuine genre vampire picture; and it's Swedish, winter-lit, Bergmanesque.

  by David Edelstein | Read Full Review »