So while everyone is gushing over the reviews for The Social Network (rightfully so!), there is another big release coming out this week who reviews, while not as spectacular, are none the less pretty damn good. The remake of Let the Right One In, aka Let Me In currently sits at an 83 on Metacritic, 82 on BFCA, and 86% on Rotten Tomatoes. So it begs the question, if Let Me In gets critical support and does well at the box office (maybe even beats SN?), will it become an Oscar contender?
The answer is most likely...no. It is technically a horror film, it is coming out on the same weekend as the best review movie of the year, and it is a remake of a very recent film, all of which are factors that will most likely doom it. But you never know what is going to happen, so here is a FYC plug for what apparently seems to be an excellent movie.
I really want this movie to get an Oscar. I actually enjoyed it as much as the original and I still think its quite faithful to the novel despite the context change (which actually worked well anyway). I would love it if Kodi & Chloe at least received Oscars for their performances in the film which btw were just stunning.
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