Let Me In fingerprintHigh energy, strong craft, no humor.
Nerve-racking and violent
Builds slowly, so the intensity comes in waves.
Profoundly sad and moving
Much of it is about growing up and family.
Serious throughout
The mind, growing up, and everyday modern life
Lived-in and easy to get lost in.
Standout direction, performances, and characters
Standout cinematography, sound design, and editing
A distinctive visual signature.
Nerve-racking and violent
Builds slowly, so the intensity comes in waves.
Let Me In is nerve-racking and violent. The story builds slowly, so the intensity comes in waves.
Profoundly sad and moving
Much of it is about growing up and family.
Emotionally, it's profoundly sad and moving. Much of it is about growing up and family.
Serious throughout
Expect almost no humor.
The mind, growing up, and everyday modern life
Lived-in and easy to get lost in.
Its world is built around the mind, growing up, and everyday modern life. The setting feels lived-in and easy to get lost in.
Standout direction, performances, and characters
The direction, performances, and characters stand out.
Standout cinematography, sound design, and editing
A distinctive visual signature.
Look and sound: the cinematography, sound design, and editing stand out.
Based on the GoodWatch fingerprint: our scores for 70+ attributes of every movie. Select a row to see all of them.
Innocence dies. Abby doesn't.
Overall: Similar vibe.
Quick answers from GoodWatch data.
Let Me In is included with a subscription to Amazon Prime Video and Amazon Prime Video with Ads in the United States. You can watch it free with ads on Kanopy, Plex, and Amazon Prime Video Free with Ads. You can also rent or buy it from Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, and YouTube. All links in Where to Watch go to these licensed services.
Mostly. It's well received, with a GoodWatch score of 78/100 (IMDb 7.1, Rotten Tomatoes 88%, and Metacritic 79). The GoodWatch score combines critic and audience ratings.
It's rated R in the United States. Content advisories: violence and disturbing imagery.
1 h 56 min
Let Me In runs 1 h 56 min.
No. It's adapted from a novel.
Not quite. Critics rate Let Me In higher (84) than audiences (75). It may be more rewarding than it is crowd-pleasing.
Roughly broke even. It cost about $20 million to make and earned $24 million worldwide, 1.2 times its budget.
It was made in English. Produced in Sweden, United Kingdom, United States.
+30GoodWatch finds legal streaming, rental, or purchase options for Let Me In in 44 countries. Pick any of them in Where to Watch to see the local services.
TV Tropes lists 194 storytelling tropes for Let Me In, including Coming of Age Story, Fight Unscene, Stupid Evil.
7.1
