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MOVIE · 2011

We Need to Talk About Kevin

DramaMysteryThriller113 min

After her teenage son commits a horrific act, Eva is left sifting through the years that led there. Tilda Swinton is Eva, moving between a present marked by blame and isolation and memories of pregnancy, early motherhood, and a bond with Kevin that was troubled from the start. Ezra Miller’s Kevin enters as a watchful, withholding teenager, while the film circles back through his childhood to ask how much of him was ever knowable. The story unfolds in fractured flashbacks, turning one suburban family’s history into a portrait of guilt, resentment, and uncertainty.

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