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Sunday, 29 July 2012

Let the Right One In (2008)

Aka: Låt den Rätte Komma In

Slow and moody horror from Sweden that’s unlike anything I’d ever encountered before. Young Oskar, a troubled 12 year old boy, forms a friendship with a neighbouring girl his own age or thereabouts. Her influence helps his situation. His fascination helps her in other ways.
It’s an intelligent dark fairytale grounded in real life and it’s beautiful from beginning to end. It credits the audience with the ability to work things out for themselves and is all the better for it.
The two young leads are simply amazing.

5 -... .-.. --- --- -..   .- -. -..   ... -. --- .-- out of 5

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