Eva Khatchadourian is trying to piece together her life
following the "incident". Once a successful travel writer, she is
forced to take whatever job comes her way, which of late is as a clerk in a
travel agency. She lives a solitary life as people who know about her situation
openly shun her, even to the point of violent actions toward her. She, in turn,
fosters that solitary life because of the incident, the aftermath of which has
turned her into a meek and scared woman. That incident involved her son Kevin
Khatchadourian, who is now approaching his eighteenth birthday. Eva and Kevin
have always had a troubled relationship, even when he was an infant. Whatever
troubles he saw, Franklin, Eva's complacent husband, just attributed it to
Kevin being a typical boy. The incident may be seen by both Kevin and Eva as
his ultimate act in defiance against his mother. Written by Huggo (Courtesy of Internet Movie
Database)
Upon seeing the trailer to WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT KEVIN I was
left with the tremendous feeling of what was this film really about. Having now
seen the film I understand why the trailer was so ambiguous being that the film
is actually told in three parts the present, the past, and the even deeper
past. The film takes an interesting approach to how it depicts each of these moments
and the moments that progress the story. I found the performances were legit
and even had me thinking of how one should deal with life in this scenario. So
for WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT KEVIN I give it 3.75 of 5 stars.
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