We Need to Talk About Kevin
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We Need to Talk About Kevin is a psychological drama film centered on a mother's fraught relationship with her increasingly disturbed son and the devastating consequences of his actions.
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| Label | Occurrences |
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| We Need to Talk About Kevin canonical | 5 |
| We Need to Talk About Kevin (film) | 2 |
| We Need to Talk About Kevin (novel) | 1 |
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| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
film
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psychological drama film ⓘ |
| authorOfSourceWork | Lionel Shriver ⓘ |
| basedOn |
We Need to Talk About Kevin
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
We Need to Talk About Kevin (novel)
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| castMember |
Ezra Miller
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Jasper Newell ⓘ John C. Reilly ⓘ Rock Duer ⓘ Siobhan Fallon Hogan ⓘ Tilda Swinton ⓘ |
| cinematographer | Seamus McGarvey ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
Canada
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United Kingdom ⓘ United States of America ⓘ
surface form:
United States
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| criticalReception | generally positive reviews ⓘ |
| director | Lynne Ramsay ⓘ |
| distributor |
Curzon Artificial Eye
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surface form:
Artificial Eye
Oscilloscope Laboratories ⓘ |
| editor | Joe Bini ⓘ |
| genre |
drama film
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psychological drama ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| mainCharacter |
Eva Khatchadourian
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Kevin Khatchadourian ⓘ |
| musicBy | Jonny Greenwood ⓘ |
| narrativeFocus |
aftermath of a school massacre
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mother–son relationship ⓘ |
| notableFor | portrayal of a disturbed child and his mother’s psychological trauma ⓘ |
| portrays |
Ezra Miller as teenage Kevin Khatchadourian
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Jasper Newell as young Kevin Khatchadourian ⓘ John C. Reilly as Franklin Plaskett ⓘ Rock Duer as toddler Kevin Khatchadourian ⓘ Tilda Swinton as Eva Khatchadourian ⓘ |
| premiereDate | 2011-05-12 ⓘ |
| producer |
Jennifer Fox
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Nicolas Roeg ⓘ
surface form:
Luc Roeg
Robert Salerno ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 2011 ⓘ |
| runningTime | 112 minutes ⓘ |
| screenwriter |
Lynne Ramsay
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Rory Stewart Kinnear ⓘ |
| setting |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| starredActorNominatedFor |
Tilda Swinton for BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role
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Tilda Swinton for Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama ⓘ |
| theme |
family dysfunction
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nature versus nurture ⓘ parental guilt ⓘ |
| timeStructure | nonlinear narrative ⓘ |
| worldPremiereEvent | Cannes Film Festival ⓘ |
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We Need to Talk About Kevin (film)
this entity surface form:
We Need to Talk About Kevin (film)
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We Need to Talk About Kevin (novel)