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We Need to Talk About Kevin is a 2011 psychological thriller drama film directed by Lynne Ramsay from a screenplay she co-wrote with Rory Stewart Kinnear, based on the 2003 novel of the same name by Lionel Shriver. A long process of development and financing began in 2005, with filming commencing in April 2010.

We Need to Talk About Kevin
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Directed by	Lynne Ramsay
Screenplay by	Lynne Ramsay Rory Stewart Kinnear
Based on	We Need to Talk About Kevin by Lionel Shriver
Produced by	Jennifer Fox Luc Roeg Bob Salerno
Starring	Tilda Swinton John C. Reilly Ezra Miller
Cinematography	Seamus McGarvey
Edited by	Joe Bini
Music by	Jonny Greenwood
Production companies	Oscilloscope Laboratories BBC Films UK Film Council Piccadilly Pictures Footprint Investments Lipsync Productions Independent Artina Films Rockinghorse Films
Distributed by	Artificial Eye (United Kingdom)[1] Oscilloscope Laboratories (United States)
Release dates	12 May 2011 (2011-05-12) (Cannes) 21 October 2011 (2011-10-21) (United Kingdom)
Running time	112 minutes[2]
Countries	United Kingdom United States
Language	English
Budget	$7 million[3]
Box office	$10.8 million[4]

Tilda Swinton stars as the mother of Kevin, struggling to come to terms with her psychopathic son and the horrors he has committed. The film premiered at the 2011 Cannes Film Festival and was released in the United Kingdom on 21 October 2011.

Swinton was nominated for the Golden Globe Award, Screen Actors Guild Award, and the BAFTA for Best Actress in a Leading Role. It received generally positive reviews from critics.

Plot

Eva Khatchadourian, once a successful travel writer, lives alone in a rundown house and works in a travel agency near a prison, where she visits Kevin, her son. She looks back at her memories of his growing up as she tries to cope with the hostility of her neighbors.

Eva, a reluctant mother, views Kevin as detached and difficult from childhood. He appears to loathe and deliberately antagonize Eva, and she has trouble bonding with him. As a baby, he cries incessantly, but only around her; as a child, he resists toilet training, rebuffs Eva's attempts at affection, and shows no interest in anything. He behaves like a happy, loving son when his father, Franklin, is present. One day, Kevin’s cruel behavior drives Eva to throw him against the wall, breaking his arm. Kevin tells Franklin he fell, using the incident to manipulate Eva into doing what he wants.

Franklin dismisses Eva's concerns and makes excuses for Kevin's behavior. When Kevin is confined to bed with a fever, Eva reads him Robin Hood, and Kevin shows Eva affection for the first time; however, he resumes his spiteful demeanor the moment he gets better. Franklin gives him a bow and arrow and teaches him archery.

Eva and Franklin have a second child, Celia, who is lively and cheerful; however, Kevin is disdainful towards her. A few years later, Celia's pet guinea pig mysteriously goes missing. Eva finds its remains in the garbage disposal the next day. She uses drain cleaner to unclog the disposal and Celia is later blinded in one eye after being exposed to the cleaner while Kevin was supposed to be watching her. Eva suspects Kevin is to blame, but Franklin defends him. Eva's suspicions strain the couple's marriage and they discuss divorce, which Kevin overhears.

Kevin orders several bike locks off the internet. Three days before his 16th birthday, he uses them to lock several students in the school gymnasium and murder them with his bow. After witnessing Kevin’s arrest and the bodies of his victims being carried away, Eva drives home, where she discovers that Kevin has murdered Franklin and Celia as well.

On the second anniversary of the massacre, Eva visits Kevin in prison; his demeanor has changed to demure and frightened in his anticipation of being transferred to an adult prison. Eva finally asks him why he committed the murders. Kevin responds that he used to think he knew but is no longer sure. Eva gives Kevin a warm embrace before leaving.

Cast

• Tilda Swinton as Eva Khatchadourian
• John C. Reilly as Franklin Plaskett
• Ezra Miller as Kevin Khatchadourian
  • Jasper Newell as young Kevin
  • Rocky Duer as infant Kevin
• Ashley Gerasimovich as Celia Khatchadourian
• Siobhan Fallon Hogan as Wanda
• Alex Manette as Colin

Production

In 2005 BBC Films acquired the rights to adapt the book as a film.[5] Executive producers Paula Jalfon and Christine Langan took it through the development stage, and were joined by executive producer Steven Soderbergh.[6]

Lynne Ramsay, who became available after her involvement in the film adaptation of The Lovely Bones came to an end, signed on to direct, and was working on a script with In the Bedroom writer Robert Festinger by 2006. Shriver was offered a consultative role in the production process but declined, stating she had "had it up to [her] eyeballs with that book," though she did express concern for how the film would capture Eva's role as the unreliable narrator.[7] Production had not begun by 2007, though BBC Films renewed the adaptation rights early in the year.[5] In an interview with The Herald in September 2007, Shriver stated that she had not been in contact with Ramsay about the film for over two years. Ramsay's spokesperson told the newspaper that a new script draft was being prepared and, at the time the interview was published, had not been submitted to the producers.[5] Michael Clayton producer Jennifer Fox joined the production team in 2008; the film was expected to begin shooting that year.[8] The script appeared on the 2008 Brit List, a film-industry-compiled list of the best unproduced screenplays in British film.[9] Ramsay's partner Rory Stewart Kinnear also contributed to the final shooting script.[10]

Christine Langan told the London Evening Standard in February 2010 that the long delay in production had been caused by BBC Films having difficulty funding the high budget; Ramsay rewrote the script so the film could be made for a lower cost.[11] The UK Film Council awarded £18,510 to the production from its development fund in the same month.[12] Financial backing was also provided by Footprint Investments LLP, Caemhan Partnership LLP and Lipsync Productions, and production is in association with Artina Films and Forward Films.[13]

Filming commenced on 19 April 2010 on location in Stamford, Connecticut, and concluded on 28 May 2010.[14][15] A key filming location was J.M. Wright Technical High School in Stamford.[16]

Jonny Greenwood of the band Radiohead composed the film's score.[17]

Release

In October 2009, Independent Film Company picked up the rights to international sales, and made pre-sales at the American Film Market.[18] The film premiered In Competition at the 2011 Cannes Film Festival,[19] where it was met with praise from film critics.[20]

Artificial Eye distributed the film in the United Kingdom from 21 October 2011[1] and Oscilloscope Laboratories distributed the film theatrically in North America in the winter of 2011.[21] We Need to Talk About Kevin opened in a limited release in North America in a single theater and grossed $24,587, ranking 53rd at the box office. The film ended up earning $1,738,692 in America, and $5,754,934 internationally, for a total of $7,493,626.[22]

We Need to Talk About Kevin was released on Blu-ray and DVD on 29 May 2012.[23]

Reception

Critical response

We Need to Talk About Kevin received positive reviews. On review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes, the film has an approval rating of 75% based on 210 reviews, with an average rating of 7.4/10. The website's critical consensus reads, "We Need to Talk About Kevin is a masterful blend of drama and horror, with fantastic performances across the board (Tilda Swinton especially, delivering one of her very best)."[24] On Metacritic, the film has a score of 68 out of 100 based on reviews from 37 critics, indicating "generally favorable reviews."[25]

Chicago Sun-Times critic Roger Ebert gave the film 4 out of 4 stars and wrote, "As a portrait of a deteriorating state of mind, We Need to Talk About Kevin is a masterful film."[26] British film critic Mark Kermode of BBC Radio 5 Live named We Need to Talk About Kevin as the Best Film of 2011[27] and as the second best film of the 2010s.[28] Richard Brody wrote in The New Yorker that We Need to Talk About Kevin "masquerades as a psychological puzzle but is essentially a horror film full of decorous sensationalism." He opined that the film exploited but did not explore the fascination that "bad seed" children exert.[29] Jake Martin, a Jesuit priest and movie critic, wrote in his review in Busted Halo that the film is "[not] yet another installment in the pantheon of post-modern films intent upon assaulting the human desire to give meaning to the world." Instead, he says, "We Need to Talk About Kevin in fact needs to be talked about, as what it is attempting to do by marrying the darkest, most nihilistic components of contemporary cinema with a redemptive message is groundbreaking."[30]

Accolades

Tilda Swinton was nominated for a number of acting awards, including a Golden Globe Award, Screen Actors Guild and BAFTA for Best Actress in a leading role.'[31]

Award	Date of ceremony	Category	Recipients	Result
Austin Film Critics Association		Best Actress	Tilda Swinton	Won
AACTA International Award	27 January 2012	Best Actress		Nominated
		Best Direction	Lynne Ramsay
		Best Film	Jennifer Fox, Luc Roeg, Bob Salerno
		Best Screenplay	Lynne Ramsay, Rory Stewart Kinnear
BAFTA Award	12 February 2012	Best Director	Lynne Ramsay
		Best Actress in a Leading Role	Tilda Swinton
		Outstanding British Film	Jennifer Fox, Rory Stewart Kinnear, Lynne Ramsay, Luc Roeg, Robert Salerno
Bodil Award	16 March 2013	Best American Film	Lynne Ramsay
British Independent Film Award	4 December 2011	Best Director		Won
		Best Actress	Tilda Swinton	Nominated
		Best British Independent Film
		Best Screenplay	Lynne Ramsay, Rory Stewart Kinnear
		Best Supporting Actor	Ezra Miller
		Best Technical Achievement (for cinematography)	Seamus McGarvey
Cannes Film Festival	11–22 May 2011	Palme d'Or	Lynne Ramsay
Critics' Choice Movie Awards	12 January 2012	Best Actress	Tilda Swinton
		Best Young Actor/Actress	Ezra Miller
Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association	16 December 2011	Russell Smith Award	Lynne Ramsay	Won
		Best Actress	Tilda Swinton	Nominated
European Film Award	3 December 2011	Best Actress		Won
Evening Standard British Film Award		Best Film	Lynne Ramsay
		Best Actress	Tilda Swinton	Nominated
		Best Technical Achievement (for sound design)	Paul Davies
Flanders International Film Festival Ghent		Canvas Audience Award	Lynne Ramsay	Won
		Grand Prix for Best Film		Nominated
Golden Globe Award	15 January 2012	Best Actress in a Motion Picture, Drama	Tilda Swinton
Irish Film & Television Awards	11 February 2012	Best Director of Photography (Film/TV Drama)	Seamus McGarvey	Won
		Best International Actress	Tilda Swinton	Nominated
London Film Critics' Circle	19 January 2012	British Film of the Year		Won
		Actress of the Year	Tilda Swinton	Nominated
		British Actress of the Year
		Director of the Year	Lynne Ramsay
		Technical Achievement (for sound design)	Paul Davies
London Film Festival		Best Film	Lynne Ramsay	Won
National Board of Review of Motion Pictures		Best Actress	Tilda Swinton
		Top Ten Independent Films
Online Film Critics Society Award	2 January 2012	Best Actress	Tilda Swinton
		Best Editing	Joe Bini	Nominated
		Best Adapted Screenplay	Lynne Ramsay, Rory Stewart Kinnear
Rembrandt Award		Best International Actress	Tilda Swinton
San Diego Film Critics Society	14 December 2011	Best Actress
San Francisco Film Critics Circle		Best Actress		Won
Screen Actors Guild Award	29 January 2012	Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role		Nominated
Southeastern Film Critics Association	18 December 2011	Best Actress
Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival		Jury Prize: Best Director	Lynne Ramsay	Won
Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association	5 December 2011	Best Actress	Tilda Swinton	Nominated
Writers' Guild of Great Britain		Best Film Screenplay	Lynne Ramsay, Rory Stewart Kinnear	Won

References

External links

• Official website
• We Need to Talk About Kevin at IMDb
• We Need to Talk About Kevin at AllMovie
• We Need to Talk About Kevin at Box Office Mojo

На других языках

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[de] We Need to Talk About Kevin (Film)

We Need to Talk about Kevin ist ein britischer Spielfilm der Regisseurin Lynne Ramsay aus dem Jahr 2011. Der Film basiert auf dem gleichnamigen Roman der Autorin Lionel Shriver.

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- [en] We Need to Talk About Kevin (film)

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[it] ...e ora parliamo di Kevin

...e ora parliamo di Kevin[1] (We Need to Talk About Kevin) è un film del 2011 diretto da Lynne Ramsay, adattamento cinematografico del romanzo Dobbiamo parlare di Kevin di Lionel Shriver, successivamente ripubblicato con il titolo ...e ora parliamo di Kevin dopo la distribuzione del film.

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[ru] Что-то не так с Кевином

«Что-то не так с Кевином» (англ. We Need to Talk About Kevin, дословно — «Нам нужно поговорить о Кевине») — драматический фильм режиссёра Линн Рэмси, вышедший на экраны в 2011 году. Экранизация одноимённого романа 2003 года Лайонел Шрайвер  (англ.) (рус., переведённого в России под названием «Цена нелюбви».

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