We Need to Talk about Kevin (film)

We Need to Talk About Kevin is a drama directed by Lynne Ramsay. The movie stars Tilda Swinson, John C. Reilly, and Ezra Miller.


i have a love/hate relationship with sad movies. when i know that a movie will make me cry from grief or from anger, i try to avoid them. but these are usually the best movies i have ever seen. something that makes me feel and think. that makes me wanna be a better person. this is one of those movies.

We Need to Talk About Kevin is a movie about a mother dealing with her psychotic son and his actions. Kevin is a lost little boy who doesn't seem to feel empathy for anything. the only thing he enjoys is making his mother miserable. the actions he does throughout the whole film disturbs me. i wouldn't know what to do with a child that had no feelings except hate. and the mother, she's just as bad. in the beginning she didn't connect with her son and as he got older she just gave up on him. both of these characters annoy me and scare me. this movie shows how everything ties together and has affect. the lack of affection between mother and son result in people's deaths.

this movie took a lot out of me and made me wonder whether i had ever met someone like Kevin, if i could ever become like Kevin. the last moment of the film left me feeling sorry for Kevin, even after everything he has done. you know you've watched a good movie when you sympathize for the psychotic killer. now all that's left to do is read the novel. BOOK vs MOVIE, such a dilemma.

5 STAR RATING