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Let the Right One In
shmokes:
Don't be surprised if your rating goes up. It's a movie that leaves you thinking about it. More and more I think of how brilliantly various aspects were handled. For example: (highlight to see spoiler)
The girl tells the kid that she really is twelve, but has been twelve for a very long time. And then they just leave it at that. They don't explain it to you. But think about how profound that is. She may be a hundred years old, and she may have learned a lot about many things, such as how to obtain money. But she never developed sexually. After all that time she doesn't can't understand romantic attraction. In so many ways she is still a twelve year old in spite of her true age, and it goes way beyond simply looking like a twelve year old.
Dartful Dodger:
Spoiler response to point out another aspect:
When the girl says "what if I'm not a girl" the kid is thinking she might actually be a boy.
The boy confirms to himself and the viewer that she is a female by sneaking a glimps of her naked.
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