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I saw several movies at the Seattle International Film Festival this year, and Let the Right One In was by far my favorite of the bunch. It's primarily a movie about how friendship can help you find your own personal strength. Two lonely children meet and change each other's lives. The fact that one is a vampire makes the movie even more interesting and unique, but it's not the most important plot detail. The cold darkness of Sweden makes the perfect backdrop for the story. It was so refreshing to see a vampire movie that doesn't rely upon cheap scares, fangs and gore. The only scene I didn't enjoy involved cats with computer animated faces - it looked very stupid and out of place, but this was a small disappointment in an otherwise outstanding film. I highly recommend this movie.

I'm never seen a dumber, more boring movie in my life, and I have seen a lot of bad ones. All I can figure is that the people involved in its production are Scientologists and helped out as a tribute to their religion and L. Ron Hubbard. That's the only way they could have possibly ignored the lameness of this script. Unless you're in the mood for laughable dialogue, sad acting and a terrible plot, don't waste your time.