Sunday 21 October 2012

Låt den Rätte Komma In
[Let the Right One In]
(2008)

RATING:100%
FORMAT:DVD



An outstanding work of fiction that never betrays its premise for cheap shocks. Despite the literal absurdity of the basic premise, everything is portrayed as realistically as possible to utterly convince in what is, essentially, a puppy love story about friendship, loyalty and emotional rejection that - like the characters - blossoms amidst the brutality, the blood and the tenderness.

The child cast is superbly-talented and convey the loneliness and strangeness of the onset of puberty to perfection. The bullying, the serial-killing mayhem and the title make the point that one must choose one’s friends with care or always be in danger from those who choose not to make such a choice.

A better film about friendship than all the Harry Potters put together.


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