Review – Let Me In

Though I hate to be the umpty-thousandth reviewer to make this observation, this is a largely pointless remake of a much better Swedish vampire movie. I thought the whole point of American versions of ponderous European movies was that they were supposed to be “pepped up” a bit for U.S. audiences. But this production heartily indulges in pace-killing, lethargic sequences in which characters just stare at each other as if each is waiting for the other to say something. Further, some of the more shocking elements – particularly the vampire's gender issue – were excised from this adaptation, presumably because American audiences would have been too freaked out. I guess the occasional nods to U.S. popular culture (Now and Laters, a KISS T-shirt and so on) made me feel a little more at home, but otherwise I would have been just as happy in Norway. See if desperate