We Need to Talk About Kevin

2011 "This conversation is long overdue."
7.5| 1h53m| R| en
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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.

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Matcollis This Movie Can Only Be Described With One Word.
Ariella Broughton It is neither dumb nor smart enough to be fun, and spends way too much time with its boring human characters.
Mehdi Hoffman There's a more than satisfactory amount of boom-boom in the movie's trim running time.
Guillelmina The film's masterful storytelling did its job. The message was clear. No need to overdo.
onirikesin It tells you what's going to happen in the end right from the start. They tried to add mystery by confusing you. So you sit there and watch for an hour thinking that you're watching the 80th episode of something without seeing any previous episodes. You try to figure out what you're seeing for a while. Then it gives tiny little explanations that make you say "oooh so that's why the book was red" (there are no red books in the movie. this wasn't a spoiler). But that's it. Tiny explanations for tiny stuff. No big picture at the end. It started horribly, as if it's showing the clips from the previous episodes, and ended disappointingly because you already know what happened from the start. But you DON'T see the things happening, you just learn as if you're watching the news.Terrible just horrible and dull. Don't waste your time
tdrish In a time today, where an alarming rate of violence and acts of rage are outbreaking in our society ( school shootings being number one problem, in my opinion), We Need To Talk About Kevin is a very important film by todays standards. In can be difficult to watch, however, I loved the movie for mulitple reasons. All the actors and actresses nailed their roles, hands down! For people who shift all the blame on violent video games, music, TV shows when a violent act occurs by a child, I encourage you to watch this movie, and realize once and for all that this is not always the case. Nobody did anything to make this boy hateful, and so full of anger. The mother saw the signs, however, his facade was kept hidden very carefully from the father, who did not see the signs. Every time she wants to have the talk with dad about Kevin, he reassures that he is fine, he is just a kid, leave him alone. He's convinced nothing is wrong. He is wrong. Something is very, very wrong with Kevin. The movie explores an emotionally exhausted mother trying everything she can to bond with her troubled son, but he is showing no signs of interest, comfort, love, or caring towards his mother. He does not want to play with her. As he gets older, the tension does not go away, as the film carefully progresses through the stages of the childs life. From infancy, to the brutal act commited in his late teens, WNTTAK pulls no punches, and delivers the terrifying truth about some children today. Emotional, disturbing as hell, but it is a very important film for todays audience.
maoenjoyhappy Eva, once a successful travel writer, struggles to raise her son, Kevin, because of his strange and dangerous deeds. As growing up, he gets beautiful and handsome, but at the same time, his fearful action escalates severely... The day since Kevin conducts an irreversible accident, everything has changed ...The story of film goes back and force incessantly and little by little the mysterious parts of the film is solved. Through whole film, I could never look away from the screen. But in this film, vivid red color comes out over times to such an extent that I squeezed my eyes tightly. The red effect brings the audience to eeriness and scare.By virtue of the film, I get to know how hard and difficult to raise child at the expense of what parents want to do. What is worse, the child is not grown up as they hope to and the child doesn't open up mind to them… Parents can't choose how the child is given birth to… In my opinion, Kevin's extreme action is unforgivable but he wanted to attract attention from Eva no matter what he uses means. He has a pure mind as the same age ordinary children.
Tweekums Eva Khatchadourian was once a successful travel writer but now she lives in a tiny house; as she leaves we see the house and her car are daubed with red paint. Her neighbours ignore her and people she meets in the street abuse her both verbally and physically. It soon becomes apparent that her son, Kevin, has done something terrible. Through a series of flashbacks we see that he was always an awkward child… but only with her. Eva's husband, who we only see during these flashbacks, thinks Kevin is just 'being a boy'. There are suggestions that something is seriously wrong; the disappearance of a pet and an 'accident' which causes his sister to lose an eye but there is no proof that he was involved. The only time Kevin is seen to be nice to his mother is when he is ill as a child and she reads him the story of 'Robin Hood'; shortly afterwards his father buys him a toy bow and arrow; something that eventually leads to a proficiency in archery. Eventually we learn what Kevin has done and even though there were hints at what happened it is still disturbing.Movies are often described as 'Feel Good'; this is anything but that. It is disturbing from start to finish as we gradually learn what happened as well as seeing Eva's current life. Kevin was a disturbing child even when we see him as a baby; always crying when he is with his mother. As he grows he gets worse; defiant towards his mother; even refusing to be toilet trained till she does something drastic. Tilda Swinton does a fantastic job as Eva; one can almost feel her character's exhaustion and despair. Ezra Miller is also great as Kevin, one of the most monstrous young characters I can think of. Jasper Newell and Rocky Duer also impress playing Kevin as a youngster and an infant respectively. John C. Reilly is good as Kevin's father; a character it is easy to dislike as he can't see the wrong in his son… of course he isn't horrible in front of him. Young Ashley Gerasimovich is impressive as Celia, Kevin's younger, and much nicer, sister. Given the nature of the 'Terrible Event' there is surprisingly little violence; that doesn't been it isn't disturbing though… I felt uncomfortable through most of the film. Overall I'd recommend this to older viewers just don't expect to feel good when the final credits roll.