This was such a unique twist on the tortured, misunderstood youth story. It was quiet, subdued, but necessarily violent and unflinchingly cruel with the attacks. There's always a moment where Eli is hit with the pang of regret afterwards. I like how they used all these subtle elements of vampire lore in the film, such as not being invited in, the sunlight, that played into the realistic fabric of the movie very well, and with so much vampire fiction out there now, in the form of film, television or books, this was a very different approach to it.
You have to appreciate the performance of Oskar, even though he was an older child, he still had that amazing honesty of a child, who realized the young girl he likes is a vampire and he doesn't hesitate in looking at her differently. Also some nice artistic camera shots were utilized, where things are in the foreground and you see different action taking place in the background, like one of the first time Eli shows up outside the apartment, and in the pool scene near the end.
As far as gripes, only a few with the plot, I wasn't real sure who her accomplice was, unless I missed it, i took him as someone who had grown old caring for her, such as we may believe Oskar's new role could be. Also, didn't feel a bit of sympathy for any of her innocent victims, and wasn't too into the subplot of the flaky blonde who had been "initiated." It was a unique story but it also didn't have the kind of emotional impact a lot of these coming of age stories usually do, for my tastes but I enjoyed seeing a story outside the normal realm.
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