Directed by: Lynne Ramsay
Run Time: 112 min
I thought that devilish child from The Omen is evil, but this one is also evil, without any supernatural stuff around it. This is a depressing but good drama about a mother, Eva (Tilda Swinton) who raised a hell-child named Kevin. We track Kevin's lifetime since birth until his adolescent age (adult Kevin by Ezra Miller).
Since he was a child, we can see that he's a sociopath who shows no regrets in doing mistakes. This got worsened by the emotionally detached Eva. The husband, Franklin (John C. Reilly) seems like a husband who doesn't want to know more about his son. After Kevin goes for a killing-spree, it is Eva who has to face the blame and guilt of raising Kevin.
It ain't easy being a mother, especially if you have to raise Kevin and this film successfully point that out. It is also not easy to lay the blame on the mother since it seems Kevin has seeds of destruction since he was a child. The family is emotionally dysfunctional and that fuels Kevin's disdain to society plus enhancing his sociopath behavior.
Swinton is amazing as Eva and it shows her spread as an actress while John C.Reilly manages to free himself from his normal comedic roles while Ezra Miller is haunting as Kevin.
The violence are implied and not seen directly but we can sense that there is something dark and depressing about Kevin and his family. Seeing this is an eye opener for parents would be that it ain't easy raising a child.
Run Time: 112 min
I thought that devilish child from The Omen is evil, but this one is also evil, without any supernatural stuff around it. This is a depressing but good drama about a mother, Eva (Tilda Swinton) who raised a hell-child named Kevin. We track Kevin's lifetime since birth until his adolescent age (adult Kevin by Ezra Miller).
Since he was a child, we can see that he's a sociopath who shows no regrets in doing mistakes. This got worsened by the emotionally detached Eva. The husband, Franklin (John C. Reilly) seems like a husband who doesn't want to know more about his son. After Kevin goes for a killing-spree, it is Eva who has to face the blame and guilt of raising Kevin.
It ain't easy being a mother, especially if you have to raise Kevin and this film successfully point that out. It is also not easy to lay the blame on the mother since it seems Kevin has seeds of destruction since he was a child. The family is emotionally dysfunctional and that fuels Kevin's disdain to society plus enhancing his sociopath behavior.
Swinton is amazing as Eva and it shows her spread as an actress while John C.Reilly manages to free himself from his normal comedic roles while Ezra Miller is haunting as Kevin.
The violence are implied and not seen directly but we can sense that there is something dark and depressing about Kevin and his family. Seeing this is an eye opener for parents would be that it ain't easy raising a child.
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