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Let the Right One in [Blu-ray]
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| Genre | Horror |
| Format | Anamorphic, Colour, Widescreen, Closed-captioned |
| Contributor | Karin Bergquist, Karl-Robert Lindgren, John Nordling, Ika Nord, Peter Carlberg, Tomas Alfredson, Anders T. Peedu, Pale Olofsson, John Ajvide Lindquist, Carl Molinder, Mikael Rahm, Lina Leandersson, Kare Hedebrant, Per Ragnar, Henrik Dahl See more |
| Language | Swedish |
| Runtime | 1 hour and 54 minutes |
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Acclaimed Swedish horror film based on the novel by John Ajvide Lindqvist, who also wrote the screenplay for the film. Oskar (Kare Hedebrant) is a sensitive, fragile, 12-year-old boy, living in the suburbs of Stockholm in the early 1980s, who is bullied at school and spends his nights dreaming of revenge and rehearsing knife attacks in the courtyard behind his apartment building. There he meets his new next-door neighbour Eli (Lina Leandersson), a mysterious girl of his own age who turns out to be a vampire. With Eli on his side, Oskar is finally able to face up to the bullies who have made his life such a misery, but Eli's unquenchable thirst for blood brings problems of its own.
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- Aspect Ratio : 16:9 - 2.35:1
- Is Discontinued By Manufacturer : No
- Language : Swedish
- Product Dimensions : 13.5 x 1.5 x 17.2 cm; 90 Grams
- Audio Description: : English
- Item model number : 5060116724752
- Director : Tomas Alfredson
- Media Format : Anamorphic, Colour, Widescreen, Closed-captioned
- Run time : 1 hour and 54 minutes
- Release date : 3 Aug. 2009
- Actors : Kare Hedebrant, Lina Leandersson, Per Ragnar, Henrik Dahl, Karin Bergquist
- Subtitles: : English
- Language : Swedish (Dolby Digital 5.1), Swedish (DTS 5.1)
- Studio : Universal Pictures UK
- Producers : Carl Molinder, John Nordling
- ASIN : B002BMZZM8
- Country of origin : Poland
- Writers : John Ajvide Lindquist
- Number of discs : 1
- Best Sellers Rank: 10,928 in DVD & Blu-ray (See Top 100 in DVD & Blu-ray)
- 348 in World Cinema (DVD & Blu-ray)
- 815 in Horror (DVD & Blu-ray)
- 3,491 in Drama (DVD & Blu-ray)
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Into this arid cinematic landscape comes Let the Right One In, a Swedish movie that tells the moving story of a young vampire. The hauntingly beautiful story is rather simple - the vampire girl Eli ("I have been 12 for a long time"), develops a relationship with Oskar, a 12-year-old boy who is tormented by classmates at his Stockholm school. Their relationship blossoms in a frozen landscape, amidst the frenzy of murder necessitated by Eli's thirst for blood and Oskar's travails at school. It is a voyage of discovery for both protagonists in the movie - they learn the finer points of life (and death) from each other.
The viewer immediately warms up to both characters, played brilliantly by the two first-time leads. It is hard not to sympathise with Oskar, who finally learns to `handle' his tormentors the hard way on Eli's advice. Eli is one vampire you do not hate - her life is one long struggle for blood, company and love. The film does have gore - but it is not the primary focus. It has plenty of blood, but in the director's hand it becomes the conduit through which the two characters bond. Oskar stands by Eli even after learning that she is a vampire. If that is not love, what is ?
In that context, The Right One is a love story par excellence. The one thing that could have prevented Oskar from reaching out to Eli instead becomes their greatest strength. In one instance, Oskar saves Eli's life from a potential killer. The would-be killer ends up being a source of blood for Eli. She repays her gratitude in the final sequences of the film. Indeed, the eerie swimming pool scene is one of the finest moments of horror seen on film recently.
As for the technical aspects of the film, the cinematography is nothing short of excellent. It captures the desolate and snowy landscape of Sweden so well that one cannot help feeling the cold. The special effects are excellent for a non-Hollywood film. I am sure they will have better special effects in the forthcoming American remake, but will it retain the `soul' of this Swedish masterpiece? The acting is uniformly good too. There is no doubt that two leads will get more roles in Swedish and foreign films in the future.
There is a great debate on the Internet about the subtitle translation, but I did not encounter any problems on this Optimum release. Having no knowledge of Swedish, I cannot say whether it is the best available, but it worked for me and I had no trouble comprehending the dialogues. Of course, one always has to take into account that in any language, there are subtle nuances, play on words and unique idioms and expressions that may not lend themselves so well to translation in to another language. I have also not read the book, so I do not know how faithful the film is to the book (I know some changes have been done). But taken on its own, the film is well paced. This could be due to the fact that the author of the book has written the movie script as well.
Technically, the DVD is brilliant and the blu-ray must be even better. There were hardly any artefacts in the many night scenes. The sound is not demo material, but the engineers have crafted it well to match the `atmosphere' conveyed in the film.
In short, this is one film you should have in your DVD/blu-ray library. It is a remarkable piece of contemporary cinema, one that you would not forget for a long time. It will require the full attention of your mind - and the heart - for 110 minutes, but it's worth every second. Films like this come along only rarely, so treasure it while you can.
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I don't want to waffle on too long - especially as there have been so many intelligent and eloquent reviews posted already - but if I waffle a bit its just because I was really overwhelmed by the film.
I think as mentioned before, in many reviews, I won't re-cover the synopsis yet again, but more of my impression of the film. I actually watched it on blu-ray - which made the chilly and crisp outlines of the Stockholmm tenenmants positively beautiful in its realisation. A theme that remains constant, that cold, dark, forboding feeling of being trapped in a static place as for different reasons are both Oskar and Eli. The performances for both main protagonists are superb - careful and mature - way above their age - whilst perfectley capturing their innocence, their experiences and feelings. You very quickly feel for Oskar in his lonely, opressed and repetitive existance and yearn for him to find some sort of salvation. Once Eli initially "appears", perched like a tiny harpy on a climbing frame - the film really comes to life.
Everything in the film is exquistitely handled even down to the actual happenings of the film - both Eli and Oskar, both have their faults, but the film, whilst not enforcing bias, effortlessly makes you feel for them. Eli herself is by one design and perception - a terrible, blood-thirsty monster, an unstoppable force of nature...but is she really the victim more than Oskar? - she, like he is trapped too - but she serves her sentence in a 12 year old body, her life-long sentence of bloodlust? but in the film you find yourself in support of both of them - as their relationship blossoms into something terrible yet beautiful...a genuinely affecting, innocent and very deep co-dependant relationship.
Sorry. I have waffled. There is so much more to say - but suffice to say, just go and see this film, even if its not your "cup of tea" - it doesn't matter. This is unique, astonishing, and beautiful film-making at its raw and very best.

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