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The Little Vampire

PG Released Oct 27, 2000 1h 37m Kids & Family Adventure Fantasy List
55% Tomatometer 66 Reviews 55% Popcornmeter 50,000+ Ratings
After he moves to Scotland with his parents, only child Tony (Jonathan Lipnicki) struggles to make friends at his new school. But he is bullied and picked on by the other boys, and has little hope of overcoming his miserable new life. Then he meets Rudolph (Rollo Weeks), a kid vampire with whom Tony becomes very close. But, when Rudolph's life and the future of the vampire race are threatened by a ruthless vampire hunter, Tony must find the courage to save his best friend.
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The Little Vampire can't seem to find the right pitch, with its muddled, jumpy script and badly executed mix of cuteness and fright.

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Nell Minow Common Sense Media Dark movie may frighten some kids. Rated: 3/5 Dec 28, 2010 Full Review Lisa Alspector Chicago Reader Vampire cows provide comic relief and many of the scares in this respectfully dark yet optimistic story about a lonely child who befriends a vampire. Oct 21, 2009 Full Review Derek Adams Time Out Much of the film's success is down to the costume design, the novel SFX and the mildly foreboding atmosphere of the mist enshrouded Scottish countryside. Jun 24, 2006 Full Review Frank Swietek One Guy's Opinion The Little Vampire is hardly a children's classic, and it will doubtlessly be more at home after it hits the video shelves. Rated: C+ Jul 24, 2006 Full Review Philip Martin Arkansas Democrat-Gazette It's an occupational hazard that you actually have to try to think about movies like this, which just get weirder and weirder the more you consider them. Rated: B Jan 27, 2005 Full Review John R. McEwen Film Quips Online Lipnicki has learned how to make cute faces, but his delivery is formulaic and without emotion. Rated: 3/5 Feb 8, 2003 Full Review Read all reviews

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Jithin K A cute little Vampire comedy movie for children. It has so many things that feel like it's right on the edge of being good but it's not. The kids being dubbed over without them moving their lips in so many scenes was confusing as there were moments when I wasn't sure which kid was doing the talking. It wasn't really good but it was sweet and cute enough I guess. Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 10/01/24 Full Review Raven H A super cute family feel good movie. There are some scary scenes for younger kids but a great family halloween movie non the less. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 09/22/24 Full Review Bao C my childhood. love it Rated 5 out of 5 stars 08/08/23 Full Review Steve D Aggressively bad even for this kind of thing. Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars 02/07/23 Full Review Audience Member The greatest 01 hour: and 37 minutes ever!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Starring Jonathan Lipnicki!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Rated 5 out of 5 stars 02/11/23 Full Review Mike J Sonic and king evil lord lord Rated 3 out of 5 stars 04/28/22 Full Review Read all reviews
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Synopsis After he moves to Scotland with his parents, only child Tony (Jonathan Lipnicki) struggles to make friends at his new school. But he is bullied and picked on by the other boys, and has little hope of overcoming his miserable new life. Then he meets Rudolph (Rollo Weeks), a kid vampire with whom Tony becomes very close. But, when Rudolph's life and the future of the vampire race are threatened by a ruthless vampire hunter, Tony must find the courage to save his best friend.
Director
Uli Edel
Producer
Richard Claus
Screenwriter
Angela Sommer-Bodenburg, Karey Kirkpatrick, Larry Wilson
Distributor
Cometstone Productions, New Line Home Video [us], New Line Cinema
Production Co
Cometstone Pictures, Propaganda Films, Avrora Media, Comet Film, Stonewood
Rating
PG (Some Mild Peril)
Genre
Kids & Family, Adventure, Fantasy
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Oct 27, 2000, Wide
Release Date (Streaming)
Oct 1, 2010
Box Office (Gross USA)
$13.6M
Runtime
1h 37m
Sound Mix
Dolby Stereo, Dolby Digital, DTS, Surround, Dolby SR
Aspect Ratio
Flat (1.85:1)
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