Let Me In

This is the English-speaking version of the Swedish film 'Låt den rätte komma in', the latter directed by Tomas Alfredson, this one by Matt Reeves.

The story is identical with some smaller differences. The differences being e.g. that in the Swedish film the boy who is bullied is blond and here he is darker, the girl in the Swedish movie is very dark, looks as if she has parents from another country or being born outside Sweden herself. This to emphasize the underlying aspects of being 'the other' in an ethnic perspective.
These aspects are not as clear in the American version.

Otherwise it doesn't add much to the original story and we were not impressed by the Swedish version and neither by the American one.

Aurore has read the book and it's much more 'bloody' and violent than in neither adaptation for the screen.

There are more underlying symbolism too in the book and it's not in the way knowing a little about the writer John Ajvide Lindqvist and the fact that he was born and raised in the suburb depicted in the Swedish version, Blackeberg.
Lindqvist was also bullied at school and he ended that bullying by setting fire to a locker of one of his victimizers.
He later became a succesful magician and stand-up comedian before turning to writing.

We met him at the Swedish Institute in Paris the 11th of March 2010 for a dedication of his book and also to listen to him talking about it. You can read about it below:
http://auroregunnar.blogspot.fr/2010/03/institut-suedois-john-ajvide-lindqvist.html