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There is no easy category for today's film.

In one way, it can be seen as a vampire movie but quite conversely it could also be seen as a love relationship between two kids on the cusp of adolescence. What can be said is that it is utterly unique.

Let the Right One In (2008)

Made in Sweden, there is a lot of crunchy cold snow. I had forgotten that sound of crunch. Crunch. This adds to the eeriness of the goings on when a boy meets his girl neighbor. She has this weird father and, it turns out, is not so normal herself. She doesn't feel the cold. Scrunch. She sees into things in a different way. And so on.

The boy is not too normal himself. He is bullied and a momma's boy but not a very nice momma. Very much alone.

The girl and her father need blood to live and so the Dad's job is to find the random homeless or alone person to, well, bleed, so they can eat.

Here is where a description of the film must stop as it sounds horrific and, while it is, in a way, these people are quite sympathetic. The vampires. The normal people around them, not so much.

The boy and girl fall in a kind of love with each other and all the information about her is known by him.

How this turns, how his bullies are taken care of, how he and the girl manage to work their way through the drama of blood letting and still find themselves with their relationship intact is the main story here. I am not really tipping off the ending. I am just saying that normal plus weird people can meet and have something going with one another.

I saw this before. It was and is a 5 out of Netflix5. I will see it again someday when, as happened this time, I had forgotten enough of the detail to be surprised by outcomes as well as the strength of the entire production. After all, two kids acting this story out requires some formidable acting and directing chops for all involved. It is very believable. Believing. Believe me.

Still a 5 after all this time.

Labels: films