Låt den rätte komma in (2008)

User Rating:

8.1/10   

Director:

Tomas Alfredson

Writers:

John Ajvide Lindqvist (novel)
John Ajvide Lindqvist (screenplay)

Release Date:

24 October 2008 (Norway)

Genre:

Drama | Fantasy | Horror | Romance | Thriller

Tagline:

Eli is 12 years old. She's been 12 for over 200 years and, she just moved in next door.

Plot:

Oscar, an overlooked and bullied boy, finds love and revenge through Eli, a beautiful but peculiar girl who turns out to be a vampire.

Plot Keywords:

Revenge | Suburb | Blood | Vampire | Disfigured Face

Awards:

56 wins & 13 nominations

Cast

Kåre Hedebrant	...	Oskar
Lina Leandersson	...	Eli
Per Ragnar	...	Håkan
Henrik Dahl	...	Erik
Karin Bergquist	...	Yvonne
Peter Carlberg	...	Lacke
Ika Nord	...	Virginia
Mikael Rahm	...	Jocke
Karl-Robert Lindgren	...	Gösta (as Karl Robert Lindgren)
Anders T. Peedu	...	Morgan (as Anders Peedu)
Pale Olofsson	...	Larry (as Paul Olofsson)
Cayetano Ruiz	...	Magister Avila
Patrik Rydmark	...	Conny
Johan Sömnes	...	Andreas
Mikael Erhardsson	...	Martin

Also Known As:

Let the Right One In (International: English title) (UK) (USA)
Ase to kako na bei (Greece) [el]
Criatura de la noche (Argentina) [es]
Déjame entrar (Spain) [es]
Deixa-me Entrar (Portugal) [pt]
Deixe Ela Entrar (Brazil) (festival title) [pt]
Dejame entrar (Mexico) [es]
Engedj be! (Hungary) (festival title) [hu]
Gir kanima (Turkey: Turkish title) [tr]
La den rette komme inn (Norway) [no]
Lad den rette komme ind (Denmark) [da]
Lasciami entrare (Italy) [it]
Luba sisse see õige (Estonia) [et]
Morse (France) [fr]
Pozwól mi wejsc (Poland) [pl]
So finster die Nacht (Germany) [de]
Ystävät hämärän jälkeen (Finland) [fi]

MPAA:

Rated R for some bloody violence including disturbing images, brief nudity and language.

Runtime:

115 min

Country:

Sweden

Language:

Swedish

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

DTS | Dolby Digital

Certification:

Sweden:15 | USA:R | Finland:K-15 | South Korea:15 | Canada:14A (British Columbia/Ontario) | Germany:16 | Denmark:15 | Norway:15 | New Zealand:R16 | Australia:MA | Singapore:NC-16 | UK:15 | Italy:VM14 | Ireland:16 | France:-12 | Mexico:B15 | Portugal:M/18 | Iceland:16 | Poland:15 | Spain:13 | Netherlands:16 | Ireland:18 (DVD rating)

Filming Locations:

Blackeberg, Stockholm, Stockholms län, Sweden

Company:

EFTI

Trivia:

Several tricks were used to create the right sound effects for some of the gorier scenes. Biting into sausages was used to replicate biting into skin and flesh, and drinking yogurt was used to sound like drinking blood. The sound of the children blinking was made by the skin of a grape rubbing against each other in an almost 'blinking' motion.

Goofs:

Revealing mistakes: The jar of acid used by Håkan has a metal lid that would be destroyed if the jar was tilted. (In the book, it is clearly stated that the jar has a glass lid.)

Quotes:

Oskar: Who are you?
Eli: I'm like you.
Oskar: What do you mean?
Eli: [accusing tone] What are you staring at? Well?
Eli: Are you looking at me?
Eli: [points her finger at Oskar] So scream! Squeal!
Eli: Those were the first words I heard you say.
Oskar: I don't kill people.
Eli: No, but you'd like to. If you could... To get revenge. Right?
Oskar: Yes.
[...]

Movie Connections:

References Fright Night (1985)

Soundtrack:

Dags å välja sida

Atmospheric Brilliance

Every now and then a film comes along...you read about it in reviews that come out of film fests...you see the "International trailer" and then the "Domestic trailer"...and you think, "Wow, this looks really good. I can't wait to see it and I hope it comes to my local art-house theatre". Hype, hype, and hype. Now I'd say 9 times out of 10, when set up this way, films will NOT live up to your expectations. You sit down with your popcorn and you leave the theatre content. "That was good", you think to yourself. 'Let The Right One In' took that usual feeling and laughed in its face, blowing the mind of this writer in ways that no vampire film ever has before. It's easily the best film of the year that I have seen, and I do believe it should be seriously considered for discussion when it comes to "Best Vampire Film of All Time".

'Let the Right One In' is an atmospheric, dreamlike love story. Oskar, an outcast of sorts, is the typical loner. He is picked on. He is introverted. He IS that kid who sits in the back of our classrooms who is so quiet that he cannot go unnoticed, yet when he speaks, seems wiser than the room. One night he gets a new neighbor, Eli. She is his age and they form a relationship one night as she finds him in the commons of their apartment complex. He is immediately taken with her and she seems to be taken with him as well. Of course, she has a secret and she knows that things can never be the way he wishes them to....

There are scenes in this movie that will stick with you forever. The ending is absolutely perfect. I don't think I moved for about ten minutes after it was over with. Yes, it's one of THOSE endings, where your whole body gets chills and your eyes swell up with tears, and then when you replay it in your head to write a review that same thing happens to you all over again. I cannot recommend this movie enough. PLEASE go and see it if you can, and if it's not available in your area, put it into your Netflix que immediately so that you don't forget.

10 out of 10 -iii-