{"id":4306,"date":"2016-11-04T15:42:11","date_gmt":"2016-11-04T19:42:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/?p=4306"},"modified":"2026-08-18T13:14:15","modified_gmt":"2026-08-18T17:14:15","slug":"let-me-in-2010","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/?p=4306","title":{"rendered":"Let Me In-2010"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Let Me In-2010<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Director Matt Reeves<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Starring Kodi Smit-McPhee, Chloe Grace Moretz<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Scott&#8217;s Review #509<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/70135744.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-4307\" src=\"https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/70135744-210x300.jpg\" alt=\"70135744\" width=\"210\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/70135744-210x300.jpg 210w, https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/70135744.jpg 284w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 210px) 100vw, 210px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Reviewed November 4, 2016<\/p>\n<p><strong>Grade: A-<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I loved Let Me In (2010).<\/p>\n<p>It is nearly as exceptional as the original, Let the Right One In (2008), a Swedish film.<\/p>\n<p>Billed as horror, it contains none of the typical horror clich\u00e9s or corny dialogue; rather, it is mysterious, compelling, and character-driven.<\/p>\n<p>This in itself is refreshing.<\/p>\n<p>Additionally, the cinematography is exceptional in its coldness, darkness, and good old-fashioned ambiance.<\/p>\n<p>Let Me In is about a twelve-year-old outcast named Owen (Kodi Smit-McPhee), who befriends a neighbor girl, Abby (Chloe Grace Moretz), who we learn is a vampire.<\/p>\n<p>Owen is bullied at school and, through Abby, learns to stand up to his tormentors.<\/p>\n<p>I am partial to international language films, so the American version, to me, lacks a bit of that engaging language. It is not&#8230;well, international, so that detracts slightly, but not much at all, and this effort is quite remarkable.<\/p>\n<p>This film is a horror film- in the classic sense of containing vampires and not being played for goofs- and quite gory, but also a beautiful, emotional film, and the concepts of sadness and loneliness are explored.<\/p>\n<p>Let Me In (2010) is one of the best horror films I&#8217;ve seen in recent years.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Let Me In-2010 Director Matt Reeves Starring Kodi Smit-McPhee, Chloe Grace Moretz Scott&#8217;s Review #509 Reviewed November 4, 2016 Grade: A- I loved Let Me In (2010). It is nearly as exceptional as the original, Let the Right One In (2008), a Swedish film. Billed as horror, it contains none of the typical horror clich\u00e9s &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/?p=4306\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Let Me In-2010<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[269,13,12479,12103],"tags":[12480,3132,12101,3131,3129,3130,12326],"class_list":["post-4306","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-2010-movie-reviews","category-horror-films","category-romantic-horror","category-vampire","tag-cara-buono","tag-chloe-grace-moretz","tag-elias-koteas","tag-kodi-smit-mcphee","tag-matt-reeves","tag-richard-jenkins","tag-sasha-barrese"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4306","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4306"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4306\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":24160,"href":"https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4306\/revisions\/24160"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4306"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4306"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4306"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}