Official Site: www.letmein-movie.comDirector(s): Matt Reeves
Writer(s): Matt Reeves, John Ajvide Lindqvist
Producer(s): Alexander Yves Brunner, Guy East, Carl Molinder, John Nordling, Simon Oakes, Nigel Sinclair
Starring: Kodi Smit-McPhee, Chloe Moretz, Cara Buono , Elias Koteas(IMDb). Rated-R, 115 min.
Owen is a reclusive 12 year old boy, who spends most of his days avoiding bullies, and eating candy. On an ordinary night, Owen was looking out of his window, and he noticed a young girl, Abby, about his age accompanied by an older man. When Abby and Owen first met, Abby warned Owen, that they could not be friends. Despite this warning, Abby and Owen developed a strong bond that was questionable in sanity.
The relationship Abby and Owen developed was cute and disturbing; cute, two prepubescent kids forming a bond that is apparently innocent; disturbing, Abby is a vampire, who kills people for their blood. In some of the scenes where they hug each other, there is so much innocence there, but when deeply considered, Abby's nature presents itself, and thus the disturbing aspect of their relationship sets in. Owen is arguably disturbed himself. He is timid and frail, but he has dark tendencies. The actors chosen for the roles of Owen and Abby, were perfect, because both Mcphee, and Moretz seem so harmless in appearance.
Overall, the film had a slow pace that could have rendered it boring, but it did not, because there was something interesting occurring in every scene. Some of the camera angles were effective, and creative in their use. A historical explanation of Abby's vampirism would have been nice, but it seems this was deliberately kept a mystery. According to metacritic.com the film received generally favorable reviews, and rottentomatoes.com granted the film 96 fresh tomatoes to 16 rotten ones. I liked it, it gets an 82.
The relationship Abby and Owen developed was cute and disturbing; cute, two prepubescent kids forming a bond that is apparently innocent; disturbing, Abby is a vampire, who kills people for their blood. In some of the scenes where they hug each other, there is so much innocence there, but when deeply considered, Abby's nature presents itself, and thus the disturbing aspect of their relationship sets in. Owen is arguably disturbed himself. He is timid and frail, but he has dark tendencies. The actors chosen for the roles of Owen and Abby, were perfect, because both Mcphee, and Moretz seem so harmless in appearance.
Overall, the film had a slow pace that could have rendered it boring, but it did not, because there was something interesting occurring in every scene. Some of the camera angles were effective, and creative in their use. A historical explanation of Abby's vampirism would have been nice, but it seems this was deliberately kept a mystery. According to metacritic.com the film received generally favorable reviews, and rottentomatoes.com granted the film 96 fresh tomatoes to 16 rotten ones. I liked it, it gets an 82.
