Analysis Of The Film We Need To Talk About Kevin

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The film, We Need to Talk About Kevin, is a psychological thriller film based on a book by the same name. Directed by Lynne Ramsay, the film details the life of Eva Khatchadourian. She is constantly harassed by the people of her town for an unknown reason. It is because of these events, she begins to have flashbacks of her life before her harassment. In these flashbacks, we see her caring for her first child, a boy called Kevin. The flashbacks reveal that Kevin is a very abnormal child and potentially has something to do with Eva's harassment in the present day... What I find interesting about this film is the relationship between Eva and the people of her town. In the movie, we see Eva go through horrible ordeals. She deals with vandalism, …show more content…

This could also be another skewed representation of the real world. Even though I can see the point of this message, I don't agree with it. Even if mothers and sons do have weak relationships, it is very exaggerated in this movie. Eva and Kevin both hate each other which seems too extreme to be deemed as a real world issue. Since Eva never truly loved him, Kevin may have never had a chance of getting better. This shows us that he could have been influenced by Eva's decision. It makes me wonder why Kevin also hated her before she started hating him. Lynne Ramsay did this on purpose to emphasise the meaning behind the …show more content…

What I have learnt is how the movie interprets the message. Although skewed, the message of weak mother and son relationships is valid. The interactions between Kevin and the rest of the family seem the most intriguing to me. He changes his personality depending on who he is talking to. With his father, he shows himself as a loving son who is very responsible. When talking to his younger sister he acts sarcastic to her (most likely because Eva prefers her). When he talks to his mother he replies to her comments with vicious and unnerving statements. To me, he hates his mother because she believes him to be a psychopath. Vice versa, she doesn't like Kevin as much as her daughter. Eva outright explains this to Kevin when she says "Mommy was happy before Kevin came along. Now she wakes up every morning and wishes she was in France!" This makes the message of the movie even more skewed, but somehow more believable. Kevin and Eva never have a good relationship throughout the movie. It strengthens the moral even more in my

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