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We Need to Talk About Kevin (2011)

★ 7.5 · 3,078 ratings on TMDB

This conversation is long overdue.

We Need to Talk About Kevin poster★ 7.5

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.

DirectorLynne Ramsay
CastAlex Manette, Ashley Gerasimovich, Ezra Miller, Jasper Newell, John C. Reilly, Kenneth Franklin
GenresDrama, Thriller
The emergence reading

We Need to Talk About Kevin keeps every mind human — it fights its subject at zero distance. The story fights on E8/E9 of the E0–E14 reality ladder.

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