Let Me In

Let Me In (2010) starring Kodi Smit-McPhee, Chloe Moretz. Twelve-year-old Owen (Smit-McPhee) has problems with school bullies. But when he meets Abby (Moretz), a girl apparently his age, he finds the courage to stand up to them. Abby, however, is not a girl -- she is a vampire. When Owen finally figures this out, he's not sure what to do. In general, I don't care for vampire movies, but this one was a minor exception. The relationship between the two 12-year-olds was special, and Abby's ability to teach Owen how to deal with bullies adds a dimension to this film that most monster flicks don't have. The disc offers subtitles for the hearing-impaired, which is fortunate, because it doesn't have closed captions. Grade: B+