Review of We Need to Talk About Kevin (2011) by Jeff F — 19 Oct 2013
Let's talk about We Need to Talk About Kevin then...A hard hitting look at a mother's pain as we flash back and forth from birth to incarceration of a sociopath child ending with a high school massacre.
A great performance from Tilda Swinton centres the film as victim to the town's vicious blame and frustrated about her child's increasingly troubling behaviour. Ezra Miller as Kevin is also a performance of weight as he taunts, detaches and derides his mother whilst causing havoc within the family.
Taking a while to get going and with a few obvious bits of symbolism (yes, red tomatoes and red paint are like blood, we get it) the film sits alongside Requiem for a Dream as a bleak look at society's ills, one which does not compromise and offers the audience no answers but a chance to draw their own conclusions.
A tough watch that will leave you definitely talking about it after. Midlands Movies Mike 8/10.
This review of We Need to Talk About Kevin (2011) was written by Jeff F on 19 Oct 2013.
We Need to Talk About Kevin has generally received positive reviews.
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