We Need to Talk About Kevin

2011 Directed by Lynne Ramsay

Mummy's little monster…

After her son Kevin commits a horrific act, troubled mother Eva reflects on her complicated relationship with her disturbed son as he grew from a toddler into a teenager.

Tilda Swinton John C. Reilly Ezra Miller Jasper Newell Rock Duer Ashley Gerasimovich Siobhan Fallon Hogan Alex Manette Kenneth Franklin Leslie Lyles Paul Diomede Michael Campbell J. Mallory McCree Mark Elliot Wilson James Chen Lauren Fox Blake DeLong Andy Gershenzon Kelly Wade Ursula Parker Jason Shelton Simon MacLean Erin Darke Annie O'Sullivan Georgia X. Lifsher Aaron Blakely Polly Adams Suzette Gunn Joseph Melendez Show All…

Alternative Titles

Precisamos Falar Sobre o Kevin, Tenemos que hablar de Kevin, 少年は残酷な弓を射る, 케빈에 대하여, Что-то не так с Кевином, 凱文怎麼了

thriller drama

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Popular reviews

Review by brat pitt ★★★★ 4

spoiler alert: they never talk about kevin
Review by there is no howie only zuul ★★★★ 6

what i REALLY wanna talk about is how miss. lynne ramsay expects me to believe that john c reilly and tilda swinton made EZRA MILLER??? What.... what?? thats the real fuckin mystery yall lets talk about THAT
Review by Hollie Horror ★★★★½ 27

This review may contain spoilers. I can handle the truth.

Tilda Swinton is the perfect actress in my eyes. You must be a chameleon adapting to whatever role is given to you. It is not just in her slightly androgynous appearance and demeanor but in her natural gift to act, she is perfect.
Like a wounded and terrified animal running on guilt and hindsight, Eva (Swinton) is barely living, flinching at the sound of her own name.
The United States has had its fair share of massacres at schools across the country. There have also been numerous films made, some based on reality, others in fantasy but the one thing they all have in common is the exploitative nature, focusing on the massacre itself. This is where We Need to…
Review by Lucy ★★★★ 1

do we really need to talk about him though? do we really?
Review by Jeff ★★★ 8

Excellent film to watch with your wife and 10-day-old son on a sunny, Sunday afternoon.
Review by DirkH ★★★★ 74

The main reason I put off watching this for so long is its source material. Lionel Shriver's novel is an amazing piece of fiction that gnaws on your soul by asking the toughest questions imaginable without granting its readers the comfort of easy answers. It explores the age old discussion on nature versus nurture. It does so by relating a story about a boy committing an evil deed, presented through a series of letters written by the boy‘s mother. She is constantly asking herself whether it is her fault that her son is the way he is or whether he was born evil. It also shows how something like a high-school shooting affects a community, but moreover the family members…

Recent reviews

Review by Johnny5 ★★★★★

That's why I say hey man, nice shot
Review by currrage ★★★★★

I am the context!
Review by filmyeezus ★★★½

They never talked about kevin
Review by kaitlyndry ★★★★

chilling and deeply unsettling but i love a good psychological thriller
Review by MisterMorbid ★★★

From the outside this looks like a portrait of a serial killer type film, but it's really a mother coping with the aftermath of raising a sociopath film.
You better like Tilda Swinton because 80٪ or more of this movie is her acting without dialogue, and while she is a good actor, I have a hard time being convinced that she is worth being watched almost exclusively for 2 hours being regretful and junk.
Also, I have huge doubts about the killer's choice of weapon being practical in the scenario it offers.
Good concept, good actors, good production, but not really worth more than a one time watch when there isn't anything else to see.
3 shitty kids shitting themselves out of 5
Review by Hannibal Montana ★★★★

I'm not sure if John C Reilly calling his psychopathic son "Donald Trump" is something that's aged poorly or well. In any case I've been feeling a bit of baby fever and dad feels (likely a combonation of the Witcher and cooping with the girlfriend) and this was the perfect antidote
Review by AndrewBVB ★★½

Is it a psychological thriller just because it’s presented out of chronological order, the way psychological thrillers sometimes are? I think the story was interesting enough, but the movie did not appeal to me. Too many moments of “why is this happening?”
Review by yesoko ★★★★

she just wanted to talk
Review by Owen Lee-Mockler ★★★★½

I probably shouldn't make any jokes about this one.