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Let the Right One In

Låt den rätte komma in

Sweden

2008

114 Min
Color
2.35:1
Swedish
  • Currently 4.1/5 Stars.
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DIR Tomas Alfredson

PROD Carl Molinder, John Nordling

SCR John Ajvide Lindqvist

DP Hoyte Van Hoytema

CAST Kåre Hedebrant, Lina Leandersson, Per Ragnar, Henrik Dahl

ED Tomas Alfredson, Daniel Jonsäter

PROD DES Eva Norén

MUSIC Johan Söderqvist

Synopsis

Swedish filmmaker Tomas Alfredson weaves friendship, rejection and loyalty into a disturbing and darkly atmospheric, yet poetic and unexpectedly tender tableau of adolescence. Let the Right One In is based on the best-selling novel by John Ajvide Lindqvist.

Twelve year old Oskar is an outsider; struggling to fit in at school and left alone to fend for himself at home while his mother works nights. One evening he meets the mysterious Eli. As a sweet romance blossoms between them, Oskar learns to overcome his tormentors and discovers Eli’s dark secret and the connections to gruesome events occurring across town. Together they must help Eli be gone and live, or stay and die.

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Tomas Alfredson

Tomas Alfredson started his movie career by working as an assistant at Svensk Filmindustri. He spent a couple of years directing music videos and another couple of years starting up Swedish television…( read more) channel TV4. At TV4 Tomas was part of building the entertainment department and initiated several long term successes such as “Fort Boyard”.

After his time at TV4 Tomas spent the next few years at SVT, the Swedish public broadcaster, with popular television series such as “Ikas TV-kalas” and entertainment show “7 till 9” together with legendary television producer Bo Rehnberg. In the early nineties Tomas directed his first television series for SVT´s drama department, “Bert”, a hugely successful family entertainment series. When the popular character was taken to the big screen in 1995 in Bert – den siste oskulden (Bert – The Last Virgin), Tomas was nominated to a Guldbagge Award for best director (the official Swedish film award, awarded annually since 1964 by the… read more

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Seth Farmer

9Jan12

Seriously? This movie was boring. I can only take vampires so seriously.

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mfg

6Dec11

This may be the best horror movie in decades, if not all time.

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Arcanus

2Dec11

Not at all bad. Good ending when the boy takes the vampy girl off in a box. I loved it when she ripped people's throats out. Remind me not to go any Swedish housing estates.

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Gap Wilds

15Nov11

Had a sad thought at the end (when they're on the train) that in 10 years Oskar would become Hakan. Only vampires can stay 12 forever.

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Tomas Alfredson's "Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy"

By David Hudson on December 7, 2011

“For Alfredson the moral is contained in the aesthetic.”

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Now in theaters: "Let the Right One In" (Alfredson, Sweden)

By Daniel Kasman on October 24, 2008

Above: Kåre Hedebrant as Oskar, thinking about what we wants to do to his classmate bullies. "Let the right one in" is a delicious phrase

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Now in theaters: "Let the Right One In" (Alfredson, Sweden)

By Daniel Kasman on October 24, 2008

Above: Kåre Hedebrant as Oskar, thinking about what we wants to do to his classmate bullies. "Let the right one in" is a delicious phrase

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FANTASIA: LET THE RIGHT ONE IN Review

By Twitchfilm.com on May 17, 2011
Tomas Alfredson’s Let The Right One In is a film difficult to summarize not because of its content but because of the way Alfredson handles that content. The story of a vampire befriending a twelve year
read on Twitchfilm.com

IFFR 2008: LET THE RIGHT ONE IN Review

By Twitchfilm.com on May 17, 2011
Few things can be harder than making an original vampire movie. The subject has been done to death over and over again yet it keeps rising from its grave, each time more tired and derivative than before
read on Twitchfilm.com

TAD2008: Let the Right One In

By Twitchfilm.com on May 17, 2011
It’s almost redundant to write a review of Let the Right One In at this point. You should all know by now that we are unanimously in love with this film. Tonight’s screening at Toronto After Dark marked
read on Twitchfilm.com

DEAD CHANNELS 2008—Let the Right One In (Låt den Rätte Komma in)

By Twitchfilm.com on May 17, 2011
Genres are borrowed skins. Filmmakers adopt them and adapt them to fit the stories they want to tell. In the case of Tomas Alfredson’s Swedish coming-of-age vampire tale Let the Right One In (Låt den Rätte
read on Twitchfilm.com

Fantastic Fest '08 Review. Let The Right One In

By Twitchfilm.com on May 17, 2011
A lonely boy befriends a girl who turns out to be a vampire….
read on Twitchfilm.com

IFFR 2008: LET THE RIGHT ONE IN Review

By Twitchfilm.net on July 16, 2010
Few things can be harder than making an original vampire movie. The subject has been done to death over and over again yet it keeps rising from its grave, each time more tired and derivative than before
read on Twitchfilm.net

FANTASIA: LET THE RIGHT ONE IN Review

By Twitchfilm.net on July 16, 2010
Tomas Alfredson’s Let The Right One In is a film difficult to summarize not because of its content but because of the way Alfredson handles that content. The story of a vampire befriending a twelve year
read on Twitchfilm.net

Fantastic Fest '08 Review. Let The Right One In

By Twitchfilm.net on July 16, 2010
A lonely boy befriends a girl who turns out to be a vampire.
read on Twitchfilm.net

DEAD CHANNELS 2008—Let the Right One In (Låt den Rätte Komma in)

By Twitchfilm.net on July 16, 2010
Genres are borrowed skins. Filmmakers adopt them and adapt them to fit the stories they want to tell. In the case of Tomas Alfredson’s Swedish coming-of-age vampire tale Let the Right One In (Låt den Rätte
read on Twitchfilm.net

TAD2008: Let the Right One In

By Twitchfilm.net on July 16, 2010
It’s almost redundant to write a review of Let the Right One In at this point. You should all know by now that we are unanimously in love with this film. Tonight’s screening at Toronto After Dark marked
read on Twitchfilm.net

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Watch it for the blood

By Seth Farmer on January 10, 2012

Let the Right One in is the most pretentious vampire movie I’ve ever seen. I mean it— where others have consistently championed this film for being a “fresh” and “modern” take on vampires, I see only…  read review

Let The Right One In

By Nick Da Costa on December 12, 2011

Vampires, far more than humans, realise the true cost of love, and because they are immortal, they smash up against the shores of this tragic landscape time and time again. In doing so, they also face…  read review

Vas-y, mords-moi!

By Benoît on September 6, 2011

La Suède possède divers cinéastes capables de s’exprimer de manières bien différentes et ce depuis des décennies entre les Bergman, Andersson et consorts. Arrive alors Tomas Alfredson qui décide de…  read review

déjame entrar...

By jazfm on December 6, 2010

Conforme transcurría la película la temática me sorprendió, y lo que más me sorprendió fue que me gustase.

Más que una historia de vampiros “Låt den rätte komma in” es una historia sobre la…  read review

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