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Based on the million-selling Orange Prize winning novel by Lionel Shiver and directed by acclaimed film-maker Lynne Ramsay, WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT KEVIN is an emotional thriller starring Academy Award Winner Tilda Swinton, Academy Award nominee John C. Reilly, & Ezra Miller. Eva (Tilda Swinton) puts her ambitions and career aside to give birth to Kevin. The relationship between mother and son is difficult from the very first years. When Kevin is 15, he does something irrational and unforgivable in the eyes of the community. Eva grapples with her own feelings of grief and responsibility. Did she ever love her son? And how much of what Kevin did was her fault?
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21 of 21 people found the following review helpful
Format:Blu-ray
As a retired teacher of 34 years here in New York, the movie made me think back to the times I have had to deal with disturbed students with that "look in their eye". The movie was well-acted with Ezra Miller doing a phenomenal job as Kevin. The actor that portrayed Kevin at a younger age was also great. John C. Reilly as the father made me think of the parents I have dealt with who are the "enablers"- the ones who refuse to accept that there is a problem. This film has been a great discussion point among myself and my friends, teachers and non-teachers, parents and non-parents. The big debate : What created a child like Kevin and how could he have been dealt with ? Are there any right answers ? I highly recommend this film, but be prepared to experience a myriad of emotions.
7 of 7 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
Not an easy film, it never could have been. Truly terrible. A haunting, ghastly, stark treatment of a book that will never be forgotten or put aside. From the first moments when Eva is dreaming of her participation in a tomato festival you realise this film is going to have a lot of red in it.
One smile only from Eva and that bright flash accurately gauged the depth of misery she now perpetually inhabits. Kevin with his dead, slanty, slippery eyes so excellently portrayed by each of his three 'age' actors. Franklin, his father, so annoyingly obtuse you felt he deserved what came, just hoped he'd been conscious long enough to realise the truth that he wife had been patiently asking him to listen to forever. Collateral damage extended to his maimed sister and the number of fellow students and staff that fell on his personal battlefield.
Long pauses and thoughtful looks never bore. They deepen and sharpen the effect. Eva just stares out from her private prison. Lady Macbeth, washing the paint/guilt from her hands throughout. Not a speck of make up to defend herself from the cruel world. One that is determined never to forgive as much as she recognises she cannot be forgiven. She 'sucks it up' in Kevin's disgustingly uncaring, cold phrase. The imagery is spot on. A cinematic tour de force; as long as you can keep up and slot in to each slice of the building tension. Time is jumbled up.
'Chilling' just doesn't do this justice. It is more horrible than any horror film as the horror is clinically planted in your own brain. The gore is largely off screen and all the worse for that. You can't laugh it away. Watching this gives you time out, a whole new paradox to ponder and an inescapable, lingering after taste. Just as the book stimulated extended discussion the film will ignite the same. Can any child actually be born evil?
One smile only from Eva and that bright flash accurately gauged the depth of misery she now perpetually inhabits. Kevin with his dead, slanty, slippery eyes so excellently portrayed by each of his three 'age' actors. Franklin, his father, so annoyingly obtuse you felt he deserved what came, just hoped he'd been conscious long enough to realise the truth that he wife had been patiently asking him to listen to forever. Collateral damage extended to his maimed sister and the number of fellow students and staff that fell on his personal battlefield.
Long pauses and thoughtful looks never bore. They deepen and sharpen the effect. Eva just stares out from her private prison. Lady Macbeth, washing the paint/guilt from her hands throughout. Not a speck of make up to defend herself from the cruel world. One that is determined never to forgive as much as she recognises she cannot be forgiven. She 'sucks it up' in Kevin's disgustingly uncaring, cold phrase. The imagery is spot on. A cinematic tour de force; as long as you can keep up and slot in to each slice of the building tension. Time is jumbled up.
'Chilling' just doesn't do this justice. It is more horrible than any horror film as the horror is clinically planted in your own brain. The gore is largely off screen and all the worse for that. You can't laugh it away. Watching this gives you time out, a whole new paradox to ponder and an inescapable, lingering after taste. Just as the book stimulated extended discussion the film will ignite the same. Can any child actually be born evil?
46 of 54 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
Having read the brilliant book by Lionel Shriver I was expecting a lot from this movie and it really didn't disappoint. A woman (Eva played by Tilda Swinton)gives birth to a son but suffering with some sort of depression cannot connect with her baby, the boy as he then grows up starts acting stranger and stranger until one fateful night onto which the movie builds. The film starts and carries on throughout going back and fourth from past to present it sounds a little disorienting but works very well, as we see the town having a hatred towards Eva and gradually seeing why this is (although it's fairly obvious what he did). There is almost no violence on screen in the film but the colour red is very prominant from the opening shot on, also the film very heavy in symbalism the lychee scene is one example -kevins sister had an injury to her eye he just peels and chews on one. Performance wise The two leads are excellent Ezra Miller as teenage kevin is chillingly realistic in his portrayal, John C Reilly is good but in a pretty thankless role as the father, also Jasper Newell as young kevin is very good, but the film belongs to the astounding Tilda Swinton as the troubled Eva, it would have been very easy to over play her role but she gives a very controled but fantastic performance. Scottish Director Lynne Ramsey comes back brilliantly to directing after a 10 year gap and with this under her belt it certainly won't be another 10 years until her next film. Recommended to anyone psychological thriller/horror's.
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Wasn't sure how this adaptation would transfer from page to screen with its epistolary format and unusual narrative, but I must say, this is a masterpiece of cinema. Read more
Published 9 days ago by charmarh
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Published 19 days ago by Blondie
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Published 23 days ago by P. Davie
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Read this book first and was very impressed. The film was not released by the major distribution cinemas, so missed it when it came out, hence why I bought the DVD. Read more
Published 25 days ago by C. Stanton
An extraordinary film. Not 'enjoyable' but certainly interesting.
Tilda Swinton acts as a strong heart to this film, having to convey many states, from travel-writer and explorer, to mother, to the vilified mother of a monster after her teeneage... Read more
Published 27 days ago by Benminx
Two dimensional
We Need To Talk About Kevin is hard to judge as a film in its own right. Most viewers will have at least some idea of what is ahead of them, even if they haven't read the book. Read more
Published 1 month ago by MisterHobgoblin
Good film
I was a bit unsure about this dvd before I saw it as I had read the book which was brilliant so I knew the ending. Read more
Published 1 month ago by A. Ward
A film-makers film
As a big fan of Lionel Shriver's book I was nervous about the film version. Happily Lynn Ramsay has produced a film that works entirely successfully on its own terms. Read more
Published 1 month ago by tallstories
Ezra Miller will strike fear into every parent!
I loved the book and this did not disappoint! Tilda Swinton is sufficiently cold enough to really make you wonder about her maternal insitinct, and how many of Kevin's problems are... Read more
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