We Need to Talk About Kevin

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Margherita M @RT11591979 8h It has almost nothing to do with the book—too many key elements are missing, especially on a psychological level. Perhaps the director wanted to create an original piece, knowing it would be impossible to convey the pervasive sense of claustrophobia that anchors the entire novel. However, in my opinion, the final result comes off as really inconsistent. I have no complaints about the cast—Tilda Swinton is, as always, magnificent. Yet, she ends up trapped in a flattened role that bears little resemblance to the Eva of the novel. I wrote this review right after finishing the book and watching the film, and I was genuinely surprised by the positive critical consensus... Aside from the acting, the movie was a huge disappointment for me. See more Cindy K @MPlumb Aug 14 I read the book years ago, so, wanted to see the movie version finally. This writer, Lionel Shriver, can be hysterically funny. I found it pretty dark but realistic. Some kids are born bad. The most unrealistic part was towards the end when she arrived back home after the massacre. Her home would have been overrun immediately with law enforcement who would find the husband and daughter. See more J H @UpstateNYThriller Jul 22 7.5 /10 Suspense, drama Ezra miller plays kid who terrorizes his mother. It’s shows different points in her life as she deals with her son who eventually kills dad and sister and shoots up school with bow and arrow See more Roberto Z @RT51077733 Jul 17 If you're looking for slashers, or gore, this is not the movie for you. But if you're into psychological suspense/thriller, then you're in the right place. It's a deeply unsettling film that keeps you on edge. It raises a great question: does malice — does being a sociopath — come from birth, or is it shaped by the circumstances a person lives through as a child? To me, this movie makes it clear that some people are simply born with that kind of evil mind. And if no one addresses it in those early years, that hatred and malice quietly learn how to live and interact with society, waiting for the right moment to explode and hurt whoever gets in its way. It's a hard movie to watch, but it explores an important theme — one that makes you think. There's a moment where he says TV has gotten worse than ever, that people watch shows about people like him — sociopaths — instead of stories about how great someone is at geometry (or something along those lines). That line has stuck with me. See more Alex F @AlexFinch Jul 7 Why are all the negative comments either "ew nonlinear storytelling" or "the mother wasn’t a selfless angel hero and that’s bad?" In this house, we love flawed characters and nonlinear storytelling, and we love suspense over shock value. If you came into this movie to watch a graphic shooting, the Columbine footage is on Internet Archive. If you came into this movie looking for a story, then you’re in luck. Be patient and focus on what’s actually happening and the motifs and why the fk is Kevin wearing too-small clothes all the time, is it really just to reflect poorly on his mother and torture her more or is it a strange display of sexuality, and does he actually need to eat or does he only eat as a method of psychological warfare? God I love this movie. See more Ant W @Truelinkx2 Jul 5 Extremely boring! The worst case of cinematic blue ba||s I've ever had. See more Read all reviews

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