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We Need to Talk About Kevin

This conversation is long overdue.

2011 · 1h 53m · R Drama, Thriller
Directed by Lynne Ramsay

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Overview

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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Critics on Rotten Tomatoes

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All reviews
76%
Tomatometer
Rotten

It becomes a film about her [Swinton] scattered mind. That produces wonders from Swinton, but it ignores the plea in the title. What about Kevin? Kevin deserves so much more attention-indeed, he deserves being played by Tilda Swinton.

David Thomson, The New Republic
Rotten

Fragmented, dreamlike, a whir of memories and misery, We Need to Talk About Kevin is unsettling, but also somehow unnecessary.

Steven Rea, Philadelphia Inquirer
Fresh

"We Need to Talk About Kevin" is confrontational cinema that will leave you speechless.

Joe Williams, St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Fresh

Director Ramsay makes Kevin's impact all the more felt by coming at it from all angles.

Tom Long, Detroit News
Fresh

It's a hallmark of "Kevin's" emotional bravery and intellectual honesty that the questions haunt us long after the end credits roll.

Colin Covert, Minneapolis Star Tribune

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