Oskar, an overlooked and bullied boy, finds love and revenge through Eli, a beautiful but peculiar girl.Oskar, an overlooked and bullied boy, finds love and revenge through Eli, a beautiful but peculiar girl.Oskar, an overlooked and bullied boy, finds love and revenge through Eli, a beautiful but peculiar girl.
- Director
- Writer
- John Ajvide Lindqvist(screenplay)
- Stars
- Director
- Writer
- John Ajvide Lindqvist(screenplay)
- Stars
- Nominated for 1 BAFTA Award
- 75 wins & 58 nominations total
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- Andreasas Andreas
- (as Johan Sömnes)
- Sjukhusreceptionistas Sjukhusreceptionist
- (as Malin Cederbladh)
- Director
- Writer
- John Ajvide Lindqvist(screenplay) (novel)
- All cast & crew
- See more cast details at IMDbPro
Storyline
- Taglines
- Eli is 12 years old. She's been 12 for over 200 years and, she just moved in next door.
- Genres
- Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)
- Rated R for some bloody violence including disturbing images, brief nudity and language
- Parents guide
Did you know
- TriviaSeveral tricks were used to create the right sound effects for some of the gorier scenes. Biting into sausages was used to replicate biting into skin and flesh, and drinking yogurt was used to sound like drinking blood. The sound of the children blinking was made by the skin of grapes rubbing together in an almost "blinking" motion.
- Goofs(at around 16 mins) As Oskar is looking in his clip book with old newspaper articles, a serial number used by the Swedish police is visible. That number ends with 95, which means that crime was committed in 1995. The movie, however, is set in 1982.
- Quotes
Oskar: Eli... Can you and I be together?
Eli: What do you mean?
Oskar: Well... Will you be my girlfriend?
Eli: Oskar... I'm not a girl.
Oskar: You're not?
[pause]
Oskar: Can we be together?
Eli: Can't we just be how we are?
Oskar: I guess...
Eli: Do you do something special if you're "together"?
Oskar: No.
Eli: We stay just as we were?
Oskar: Yes.
Eli: Then I agree...
Oskar: What?
Eli: We can be "together".
Oskar: Really?
Eli: [Whispers] Yes.
Oskar: Good.
- ConnectionsFeatured in Deconstruyendo 'Déjame entrar' (2009)
Having said that, I'd also agree with what's been said (e.g. above) that the music is a bit over the top. The movie itself is a study in the small: tiny nuances in the classroom and schoolyard, the almost forgotten suburb, the hiding qualities of snow, ice and winter (not to mention the, at least partly, neglected kids). To score such small details with grand strings makes for a bit of a mismatch. Enough on that, some parts have only piano and those work perfectly.
Witout spoiling anything it's safe to say that this first and foremost is a story of friendship. Second, it's a story of revenge. Either way, this is a truly original tale and in many parts a beautiful piece of cinema. Original (and sometimes quite gory) still even the violence seems subdued (at least in comparison to the vampire genre as it has evolved from subtle romance flick to full blown war movie). This movie, however, is about loneliness, friendship and loyalty --- and it's really worth watching. Recommended.
- jacobsteel
- Feb 4, 2008
Details
Box office
- Budget
- $4,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $2,122,065
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $49,295
- Oct 26, 2008
- Gross worldwide
- $11,227,336
- Runtime1 hour 54 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 2.35 : 1
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