8.5/10
A touching, coming-of-age vampire movie from Sweden, probably released last year as well. Not much gore to speak of (though there's some) but a dark, gothic vibe from start to finish that sticks this one on the fringes of horror. The two 12-year old protagonists are fantastic and the story incredibly engrossing, although there is a distracting subplot that could've been done away with. In fact you could've chopped about 10 minutes from the movie and it might have boosted my score up even more. Sometimes it dragged a bit. But otherwise a pretty remarkable movie. Apparently JJ Abrams is trying to get this remade in the U.S. as well.
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