Let Me In (R)
synopsis
Twelve-year old Owen is viciously bullied by his classmates and neglected by his divorcing parents. Achingly lonely, Owen spends his days plotting revenge on his middle school tormentors and his evenings spying on the other inhabitants of his apartment complex. His only friend is his new neighbor Abby, an eerily self-possessed young girl who lives next door with her silent father. A frail, troubled child about Owens's age, Recognizing a fellow outcast, Owen opens up to her and before long, the two form a unique bond. When Abby's father disappears, the terrified girl is left to fend for herself. Still, she rebuffs Owen's efforts to help her, leading the imaginative Owen to suspect she's hiding an unthinkable secret.
details
Horror, SciFi/Fantasy
1 hr. 55 min.
Opened October 1st, 2010
MovieGoer Review
Matt Reeves' magnificent Let Me In is an Americanized adaptation of Let the Right One In, a Swedish horror film which itself is based on an acclaimed novel by John Ajvide Lindqvist (also Swedish). As such, its setting has been moved from fr... MORE
synopsis
Twelve-year old Owen is viciously bullied by his classmates and neglected by his divorcing parents. Achingly lonely, Owen spends his days plotting revenge on his middle school tormentors and his evenings spying on the other inhabitants of his apartment complex. His only friend is his new neighbor Abby, an eerily self-possessed young girl who lives next door with her silent father. A frail, troubled child about Owens's age, Recognizing a fellow outcast, Owen opens up to her and before long, the two form a unique bond. When Abby's father disappears, the terrified girl is left to fend for herself. Still, she rebuffs Owen's efforts to help her, leading the imaginative Owen to suspect she's hiding an unthinkable secret.
details
Horror, SciFi/Fantasy
1 hr. 55 min.
Opened October 1st, 2010
MovieGoer Review
Matt Reeves' magnificent Let Me In is an Americanized adaptation of Let the Right One In, a Swedish horror film which itself is based on an acclaimed novel by John Ajvide Lindqvist (also Swedish). As such, its setting has been moved from fr... MORE
