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We Need To Talk About Kevin - Movie Review
Grade: B+
In usual instances, films deriving from arthouse tend to saturate style. Resulting in the film sacrificing its overall integrity by subsequently losing its emotional meaning. Contrary to this opinion, in the case of Lynne’s Ramsay’s We Need To Talk About Kevin, style is punctuated but is undoubtedly ignored as it is overshadowed by unquestionably the most haunting performances of the year.
Based on Lionel Shriver’s novel of the same name, We Need To Talk About Kevin broadly scopes on the ills of childhood to adolescence. Told in an unconventional manner, the film depicts the life of mother, Eva Khatchadourian (Tilda Swinton) following the events of her son, Kevin (Ezra Miller), committing a school massacre. Simultaneously, the film’s timeline transitions from current day to selected events from her child’s life; ultimately displaying a development of an understated psychological imbalance.
