Plot
Kevin's mother struggles to love her strange child, despite the increasingly vicious things he says and does as he grows up. But Kevin is just getting started, and his final act will be beyond anything anyone imagined.
Release Year: 2011
Rating: 7.7/10 (13,090 voted)
Critic's Score: 70/100
Director:
Lynne Ramsay
Stars: Tilda Swinton, John C. Reilly, Ezra Miller
Storyline Kevin's mother struggles to love her strange child, despite the increasingly vicious things he says and does as he grows up. But Kevin is just getting started, and his final act will be beyond anything anyone imagined.
Writers: Lynne Ramsay, Rory Kinnear
Cast: Tilda Swinton
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Eva Khatchadourian
John C. Reilly
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Franklin
Ezra Miller
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Kevin, Teenager
Jasper Newell
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Kevin, 6-8 Years
Rock Duer
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Kevin, Toddler
Ashley Gerasimovich
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Celia
Siobhan Fallon
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Wanda
(as Siobhan Fallon Hogan)
Alex Manette
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Colin
Kenneth Franklin
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Soweto
Leslie Lyles
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Smash Lady
Paul Diomede
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Corrections Officer Al
Michael Campbell
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Corrections Officer
J. Mallory-McCree
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Prison Boy
(as J. Mal McCree)
Mark Elliot Wilson
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Eva's Lawyer
James Chen
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Dr. Foulkes
Opening Weekend: $24,587
(USA)
(11 December 2011)
(1 Screen)
Gross: $617,215
(USA)
(19 February 2012)
Technical Specs
Runtime:
Did You Know?
Trivia:
Shown with
Assessment on its original UK release in selected cinemas.
Quotes:
[last lines]
Eva:
Why? Kevin:
I used to think I knew. Now I'm not so sure.
[pause]
Prison guard:
Time's up.
User Review
extraordinary filmmaking, very disturbing
Rating: 9/10
I saw this film at Telluride by the Sea (Portsmouth, NH) prior to its
general release. This is not a film I would choose to see normally,
based on its subject matter. However, as a festival-goer, this was what
was offered for the late evening screening. This film is visually
stunning, and masterfully composed. You know early-on that a
Columbine-style ending is inevitable, nonetheless hope that some
miracle may yet occur to avert this disaster. Swinton is absolutely
magnificent (as always) as the mother desperately trying to cope with
raising a psychopathic child, but equally impressive are the
performances of the actors who portray the developmental stages of
Kevin from early childhood to the brink of adulthood. What elevates
this film is the visual and musical narrative that accompanies the
initial time-skipping introduction and then the more linear progression
of Kevin's growth to its final, terrible conclusion. Interestingly, the
emotional crescendo of the film occurs not near the end when Kevin
carries out his horrific violence, but rather in the middle of the film
at moments when we observe the impossibility of living a "normal"
family life with a child who is incapable of feeling or expressing the
human emotions that bind us together.
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