Nell Minow Common Sense Media Dec 28, 2010 3/5

Dark movie may frighten some kids.

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Lisa Alspector Chicago Reader Oct 21, 2009

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.

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Frank Swietek One Guy's Opinion Jul 24, 2006 C+

The Little Vampire is hardly a children's classic, and it will doubtlessly be more at home after it hits the video shelves.

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Derek Adams Time Out Jun 24, 2006

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.

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Philip Martin Arkansas Democrat-Gazette Jan 27, 2005 B

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.

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John R. McEwen Film Quips Online Feb 8, 2003 3/5

Lipnicki has learned how to make cute faces, but his delivery is formulaic and without emotion.

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Christopher Hawkes Sight & Sound Dec 3, 2002

Evocative of Tim Burton's work, the Scottish locations appear as a kind of ghoulish theme park full of ancient stately homes and mouldering, curse-ridden crypts.

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Sam Chambers ViewLondon Oct 30, 2002 4/5

Excellent stuff -- it won't just be kids that love this film!

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Tom Meek Boston Phoenix Mar 24, 2002

A sprightly romp, funny, full of life lessons, and scary.

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Rich Cline Shadows on the Wall Dec 10, 2001 4/5

A surprisingly enjoyable kid's movie.

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Brian Webster Apollo Guide Jul 19, 2001 70/100

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Marjorie Baumgarten Austin Chronicle Jun 11, 2001 1/5

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Robert Roten Laramie Movie Scope Jan 1, 2001 C+

The characters are engaging and so is the story.

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John Monaghan Detroit Free Press Jan 1, 2000

Cute and precocious in those little round specs, [Lipnicki] also grows grating, especially after 94 minutes of delivering the kind of jokes usually found on the bottom of a Dixie Cup.

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Mack Bates Milwaukee Journal Sentinel Jan 1, 2000

Lipnicki and Weeks share a great rapport and imbue all their scenes with playful energy that elevates the material to heights of imagination rarely achieved in films of this genre.

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Sean O'Connell Citysearch Jan 1, 2000

A quirky jaunt that will tickle the frontal lobes of any kid who's currently devouring the similar Harry Potter series.

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Ernest Hardy Film.com Jan 1, 2000

For adults, the film will drag in spots, but it's filled with all those values you hope to instill in your children.

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Sara Wildberger Miami Herald Jan 1, 2000

There are some decent lessons about power and when to use it and when to give it up, about accepting rather than attacking those who are different and about dealing with fear.

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Jay Carr Boston Globe Jan 1, 2000

The film reminds us that Harry Potter isn't the whole story in children's literature, reversing the usual vampire movie cliches and advancing a few morals about tolerating differences.

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Louis B. Hobson Jam! Movies Jan 1, 2000

It's a great little Halloween primer.

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