Published on January 27, 2009 at BerkleeGroove.com
This Swedish import defies categorization. One of the two main characters is a vampire, the gore is plentiful, and a Grand Guignol sense of humor pervades the proceedings—all of which point towards the horror genre. However, Tomas Anderson’s expertly paced and moving film is also a tender coming-of-age story about two pre-teens who forge a life-changing bond, in the same vein as My Girl or Bridge to Terabithia. Let the Right One In (2008) is equally adept at delivering creepy thrills as it is at conveying the melancholy and rapture of burgeoning adolescence.
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