We Need to Talk About Kevin

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  • Opened January 13, 2012 (Limited 1/13)
  • 1 hr 51 min
  • R | Disturbing violence/behavior, some sexuality and language
  • Parents: Common Sense Media says Iffy for 16+. More on child suitability

  • A suspenseful and gripping psychological thriller, Lynne Ramsay’s WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT KEVIN explores the factious relationship between a mother and her son. Tilda Swinton, in a bracing, tour-de-force performance, plays the mother, Eva, as she contends for 15 years with the increasing malevolence of her first-born child, Kevin (Ezra Miller). Full synopsis

  • Cast: Tilda Swinton, John C. Reilly, Ezra Miller, Rocky Duer
  • Director: Lynne Ramsay
  • Genres: Suspense/Thriller

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by Spanishfly20

Second Time watching it, I, for the first time in life am speechless about a film. I have never been mentally disturbed about a film. I love it.. You will be talking about Kevin. The actors give you...

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Well-directed and thought provoking movie

by cnolte23

A well-directed and thought provoking movie that looks at the old nature vs. nurture debate. I really loved the mothers memory sequences that are mixed in throughout the film are both gritty and...

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We Need to Talk About Kevin

by chaseburgala

Its funny that I like this movie as much as I did, considering both the plot and the story, itself, left a little to be desired. Both seemed kinda tired and not very original. So, what did I like?...

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Chicago Sun-Times
| Roger Ebert

As a portrait of a deteriorating state of mind, We Need to Talk About Kevin is a masterful film. Read full review

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Rolling Stone
| Peter Travers

Acting doesn't get much better than the subtly brilliant display put on by Tilda Swinton in We Need to Talk About Kevin. Read full review

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NPR
| Bob Mondello

The film's bluntness doesn't diminish the power of the nature-versus-nurture questions Eva's asking herself. Or of Swinton's harrowing portrait of parental guilt. Read full review

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The Hollywood Reporter
| Kirk Honeycutt

This is, in a way, a real horror film about everyday things and a disconnected family. Read full review

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Tilda Swinton as Eva and John C. Reilly as Franklin in ``We Need to Talk About Kevin.''