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We Need to Talk About Kevin (2011) · CriticCrunch

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We Need to Talk About Kevin

Movie2011·113 min

We Need to Talk About Kevin

Directed by Lynne Ramsay

A drama thriller film directed by Lynne Ramsay.

◈ CrunchScore

Top 9%

of all movies · weighted by audience size & source agreement

★ TMDB Audience Rating

7.5/10

3K ratings

About We Need to Talk About Kevin

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.

Pacing: Slow-burn (1 of 9)
Tone: Dark (2 of 9)
Intensity: Harrowing (9 of 9)
Complexity: Layered (6 of 9)
Humor: Serious (1 of 9)
Scale: Personal (4 of 9)
Spirit: Haunting (3 of 9)
Texture: Unsettling, Contemplative
Story Tags: parenthood nurture, family dysfunction, trauma recovery, suburban, american regional, parent child, outsider misfit, villain protagonist, nonlinear flashback, slow burn reveal, tragedy arc, serial killer

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Details

Director: Lynne Ramsay
Language: English

Cast

Tilda Swinton, John C. Reilly, Ezra Miller

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How We Need to Talk About Kevin Ranks

All movies

Top 9%

2010s movies

Top 7%

Drama movies

Top 8%

2010s Drama movies

Top 6%

★Lynne Ramsay films#1 of 5

Lynne Ramsay's highest-rated film in our catalog.

the vibe

We Need to Talk About Kevin Vibe

What it feels like

slow-burndarkharrowinglayeredseriouspersonalhaunting

Prime Videohd

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unsettling

contemplative

What it's about

nonlinear flashbackslow-burn revealtragedy arcparenthood nurturefamily dysfunctiontrauma recoveryoutsider misfitvillain protagonistparent childserial killersuburbanamerican regional

pacing

slow-burn 1/9slow-burn 1/9

tone

dark 2/9dark 2/9

intensity

harrowing 9/9harrowing 9/9

complexity

layered 6/9layered 6/9

humor

serious 1/9serious 1/9

scale

personal 4/9personal 4/9

spirit

haunting 3/9haunting 3/9

texture

unsettlinguneasy