Let Me In (2010) NYT Critics' Pick

[lsanderson]

Chloë Grace Moretz in “Let Me In.”
Lonely Boy Finds Friend in Blood-Craving Pixie
By A. O. SCOTT
Published: September 30, 2010

The title of “Let Me In” might be understood as a plea to the audience. Even if you think you’ve had enough of the vampirization of popular culture — “Twilight,” “True Blood,” “The Vampire Diaries” and so on — find room in your heart for this one. And though it teases out the usual horror movie sensations of dread and anxiety and eyes-averted disgust, this movie also makes a direct and disarming play for affection, eliciting in viewers something akin to the awkward, resilient tenderness that is its subject. More

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[birdfigment.livejournal.com]

Did you see the Swedish original? Very good. Well worth watching.