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My Best Friend Is a Vampire (1987)

Rate: 6
Viewed: 11/10

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11/10: My Best Friend Is a Vampire is an uneven picture that goes back and forth between funny and stagnant.

There's a lot of inconsistency when it comes to adhering to the traditions of vampirism. The most obvious is when Jeremy Capello (Robert Sean Leonard) was able to withstand sunlight despite converting into a vampire. Another is he's supposed to possess the strength of twenty men yet can't break a car window. Well, Jeremy will never go back as a human being, so he's stuck.

Reminding me of Oliver Platt, Evan Mirand has done a nice job of giving the movie a much-needed verve. What the heck happened to his career? However, the film suffers when Jeremy is becoming deathly pale. The professor and his assistant acting like idiots is unnecessary.

All in all, My Best Friend Is a Vampire needs more balance.