Let the Right One In

Let the Right One In, currently on release in the UK, is a subtitled Swedish art house film set in the early '80s in an impoverished suburban setting, thick with snow and ice. The main character is a 12 year old boy with a perpetually runny nose whose parents are separated, his father an alcoholic. Dialogue is sparse and the bulk of the story is taken up by a schoolboy's struggle against some playground bullies. The critics are loving it. I thought it was ok. →