Review: "Let Me In"-October 1, 2010

"Let Me In", the remake of "Let The Right One In", doesn't just match its Swedish predecessor. It Surpasses it. I don't know how to describe it, but something Great happened in the refresh. It was different from the first in many significant ways but it kept its two main characters at its center. It might be doing better for telling it in such an easily graspable way, giving less screen time to secondary characters. There was nothing I didn't like about it. It had parts of the book the first movie never had, left out parts of the first and the book. It kept itself perfect. Keeping some exact dialogue, changing some, and taking some away. Copied scenes but with a visual twist, changed some entirely. Overall was just great, "Let Me In" was great. I should also mention it deserves its R rating for violence/small gore, some swearing, realistic portrayal of bullying, and you do see a couple start to get intimate and even see the woman's breast early on in the movie. Whatever you are familiar with, the book and or the original Swedish movie(or none), you are likely to be pleased with this movie.