We Need to Talk About Kevin (film)
2011 film by Lynne Ramsay / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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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.
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Directed by | Lynne Ramsay |
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Based on | We Need to Talk About Kevin by Lionel Shriver |
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Cinematography | Seamus McGarvey |
Edited by | Joe Bini |
Music by | Jonny Greenwood |
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Running time | 112 minutes[2] |
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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.[5]