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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 Ezra Miller John C. Reilly 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…

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Review by there is no howie only zuul ★★★★ 4

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 brat pitt ★★★★ 2

spoiler alert: they never talk about kevin
Review by Wes ★★★★ 1

lynne ramsay is so versatile? i cant believe she made an arthouse film starring tilda swinton and incel prince ezra miller that doubles as a video a doctor could put on for their patient when they're deciding to get a vasectomy that has a 100% successful Fuck My Sperm And Raising A Kid rate
Review by Hollie Horror ★★★★½ 27

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 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…
Review by Lucy ★★★★

do we really need to talk about him though? do we really?

Recent reviews

Review by saskia ★★★½

i cant believe she ate scrambled eggs with the shells in it
Review by sheahildebrand ★★★½

I’m never EVER having kids.
Review by megen

i never want to watch this movie because ezra miller creeped me out so much in the trailer i-i-i can't imagine "excitable potterhead" "the flash" "wants to fuck colin farrell" ezra bby as kevin
Review by JoonHyunPark ★★★★½

영화를 보는 내내 케빈을 이해할 수 없었다. 아니, 그를 마음 속 깊은 곳에서부터 증오했다. 그러나 에바가 그에게 마지막으로 던진 질문을 바라보며, 어쩌면 이 영화가 진정으로 말하고 싶었던 것은 그 누구도 케빈을 이해할 수 없다는 사실일지도 모른다는 생각이 들었다. 인상적인 빛의 사용과 독특한 플롯 배치로 이야기를 이끌어 나감으로써, 직접적으로 보여주지 않으면서도, 극단적인 긴장감을 부여한다. 오히려 뚜렷한 묘사나 언급의 부재가 그 역겨움과 잔혹함의 파급력을 강화시킨다. 나는 결코 케빈의 동기를 이해할 수 없을 것이다. 그렇지만 결코 그것이 잘못된 것은 아니리라 생각한다.
Review by Olivia ★★★★

Kevin is the reason why I love birth control
Review by lâl ★★★★

i really wish yall wouldve talked about kevin
Review by Troy L ★★★★

Every parents worst nightmare....
is to NOT have a kid like:

Damien (The Omen)
Michael Myers (Halloween)
Rhoda (The Bad Seed)
Isaac (Children of the Corn)
Esther (Orphan)
Henry (The Good Son)
Mikey (Mikey)
Gage (Pet Sematary)
Alice (Alice Sweet Alice)
Luke (Better Watch Out)

And of course,
Kevin.
Review by milo ★★★★★

oh i am so uncomfortable and so angry...
Review by Leonardo Mattei ★★★★½

I didn't remember so much red being in it lol. For the rest, it's phenomenal as i recalled, even if i removed probablh the primary theme of the movie: maternity, the limits and problems of it, and the struggle to raise a child that apparently can't love you (or anyone else). Given that i want to work with children after i get my degree in psichology (and autism genuinely scarea/worries me, even if the guy probably only showed part of the spectrum), it obviously was very poignant and interesting to me. I'm thinking of reading the book (again), and i'm quite surprised to discover his lenght (more than 400 pages), wich seems to indicate an overabundance of details and episodes that were cut from the screenplay, wich makes it even more intriguing. Well, probably if i finish Lonesome Dove in the following months...