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Let Me In
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6.8A bullied young boy befriends a young female vampire who lives in secrecy with her guardian. A remake of the movie “Let The Right One In” which was an adaptation of a book.
Cast
- Kodi Smit-McPhee as Owen
- Chloë Grace Moretz as Abby
- Richard Jenkins as The Father
- Elias Koteas as The Policeman
- Sasha Barrese as Virginia
- Dylan Kenin as Larry
Themes
- based on novel or book
- vampire
- bullying
- bully
- child vampire
- young boy
- biting
- dead boy
- rescue from drowning
- protective father
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Ratings
IMDb
7.1/10
129,885 votes
Rotten Tomatoes
88%
Metacritic
79/100
- Year
- 2010
- Runtime
- 116 min
- Genres
- Drama, Fantasy, Horror
- Rated
- R
- Awards
- 14 wins & 28 nominations total
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Key facts
- Directed by
- Matt Reeves
- Screenplay by
- Matt Reeves
- Based on
- Låt den rätte komma in (novel) and Låt den rätte komma in (film), by John Ajvide Lindqvist
- Produced by
- Alex Brunner Simon Oakes Guy East Tobin Armbrust Donna Gigliotti John Nordling Carl Molinder
- Starring
- Kodi Smit-McPhee Chloë Grace Moretz Elias Koteas Richard Jenkins
- Cinematography
- Greig Fraser
- Edited by
- Stan Salfas
- Music by
- Michael Giacchino
- Production companies
- Exclusive Media Group Hammer Films EFTI
- Distributed by
- Overture Films and Relativity Media (United States) Paramount Pictures and Icon Film Distribution (United Kingdom)
- Release dates
- September 13, 2010 ( 2010-09-13 ) ( TIFF ) October 1, 2010 ( 2010-10-01 ) (United States) November 5, 2010 ( 2010-11-05 ) (United Kingdom)
- Running time
- 116 minutes
- Countries
- United Kingdom United States
- Language
- English
- Budget
- $20 million
- Box office
- $27 million
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Genre
- fantasy film
- Country of origin
- United States
- Original language
- English language
- Based on
- Let the Right One In
- Director
- Matt Reeves
- Screenwriter
- Matt Reeves
- Cast member
- Jimmy Pinchak
- Composer
- Michael Giacchino
- Production company
- Hammer Film Productions
- Cinematographer
- Greig Fraser
- Narrative location
- New Mexico
- Filming location
- New Mexico
- Duration
- 116
- FilmAffinity ID
- 598672
- Distribution format
- video on demand
- Official website
- www.letmein-movie.com
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- Commons category
- Let Me In (film)
- title
- Let Me In
- distributed by
- Netflix
- after a work by
- John Ajvide Lindqvist
- assessment
- Bechdel test
- different from
- Let the Right One In
- review score
- 88%
- publication date
- 2011-04-01
Sources (15)
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Encyclopedic overview
Let Me In is a 2010 romantic horror film written and directed by Matt Reeves. It is a remake of the 2008 Swedish film Let the Right One In, which was based on the 2004 novel of the same name by John Ajvide Lindqvist. The film stars Kodi Smit-McPhee, Chloë Grace Moretz, Elias Koteas, and Richard Jenkins. The plot follows a bullied 12-year-old boy who befriends and develops a romantic relationship with a child vampire girl in Los Alamos, New Mexico, during the early 1980s.
Interest in producing an English-language version of Let the Right One In began in 2007, shortly before the Swedish film was released. In 2008, Hammer Films acquired the rights for the English adaptation and initially offered Tomas Alfredson, the director of the original film, the opportunity to direct, which he declined. Reeves was then signed to direct and write the screenplay. Reeves made several changes for the English version, such as altering the setting from Stockholm to Los Alamos and renaming the lead characters. The film's producers stated that their intent was to keep the plot similar to the original, yet make it more accessible to a wider audience. Principal photography began in early November 2009 and concluded in January 2010.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Let Me In” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.