Let The Right One In

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This is one of the most amazing films I've seen in years.

SPOILER ALERT!

This is a story about a twelve year old young man who is a reject in society. He is the victim of stronger people. He is a follower. He is a loaner. He wants to kill people for revenge. He is a latchkey kid. He has time on his hands.

The girl is a vampire. She must kill to survive. She has all the typical strengths and weaknesses of vampires. She has one extra attribute. She is a very old twelve year old girl.

She also has a man who is with her. He kills for her and drains blood into a bucket for her. He disposes of bodies. He signs the checks. He rents the apartments. He makes the daytime arrangements. He loves the girl with everything about him. He cannot think of betrayal. He is a victim of her power. She needs him. Her life would be hell trying to maker her way without an adult walking around in the daylight taking care of the day to day overhead of life.

This show is so very sad and triumphant. If you sympathies with the boy, he both wins and looses. He is happy and yet sad. He has a rough life. He has no one on his side. He needs a savior. He needs a leader.

The man is a servant. He is loyal. He is getting old.

The girl is a predator. She plays the victim to lure men to their deaths. She kills ans plays a bit with her prey. She revels in the mess of it. She doesn't notice the smell.

When the man begins to fail, when the man just gets old, she finds the boy and prepares to replace the man. The man knows he is to be replaces. He loves the girl so much that he stays loyal. He can do nothing else.

She lures the boy. She reals him in. She devours the old man when he is caught. She does it with little passion or loss. She gets the boy to help her lure a victim to his death. He watches her kill the victim and when she comes to him after, with the victim's blood on her lips, she kisses him and seals his fate. He was falling in love with her. Now, they are intertwined. Their destinies aligned.

He will make a magnificent familiar.

This movie is brilliant not because it is about vampires or teen angst. This show is all about the relationship and sexual tension between these two twelve year old characters.

I wanted to believe that she loved him too. I wanted to believe that the smile on his face was more than her blood tugging his strings.