Thread: We Need To Talk About Kevin

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Review: Lynne Ramsay's 'We Need To Talk About Kevin' Is Bleak, But Haunting | Filmmakers, Film Industry, Film Festivals, Awards & Movie Reviews | indieWIRE

We'd hesitate to call "We Need to Talk About Kevin" a thriller, but there are moments where we sat riveted and fretful with the slow-wound tension of the moment. We'd hesitate to call it a drama, but it had moments of truth -- as big as agony, as small as a nod of the head -- that clutched at our heart. We'd hesitate to call the film a tragedy, even with classic themes and images nestled among the station wagons and tile hospital corridors, and as Swinton scrubs and scrapes at red paint like Lady Macbeth. We can call "We Need to Talk About Kevin" fascinating, and chilling, and a welcome return for a director who shouldn't have had to be away for as long as she was; Ramsay's look at guilt, loss and shame is the kind of hard, unflinching stuff that gives off sparks of insight and truth each time it strikes hard at your brain and heart. [A]

Lynne Ramsay's "We Need To Talk About Kevin" | The Cinefamily

Adgy, did you know this was playing at Cinefamily? Also, I drove by the Sunset Laemmle last night and the sign said they closed down. Sad. I really liked that little dive.

Looks hilarious.

Originally Posted by jerseydevil

Adgy, did you know this was playing at Cinefamily? Also, I drove by the Sunset Laemmle last night and the sign said they closed down. Sad. I really liked that little dive.

I did not and I had no idea the Sunset Laemmle closed until your PM the other day, either. I rarely ever make it all the way down there for a movie anymore, but... man, that's sad. I hope the other Laemmles get some of the excellent films that would otherwise only hit the Sunset spot...

Originally Posted by jerseydevil

Lynne Ramsay's "We Need To Talk About Kevin" | The Cinefamily

Adgy, did you know this was playing at Cinefamily? Also, I drove by the Sunset Laemmle last night and the sign said they closed down. Sad. I really liked that little dive.

Well that is sad to hear. I used to go to see docs and indie films there all the time. That whole location is bad. Virgin bit the dust, then Pink Berry, also that TJs there is the slowest one I ever worked at.

Originally Posted by adgy-san

I did not and I had no idea the Sunset Laemmle closed until your PM the other day, either. I rarely ever make it all the way down there for a movie anymore, but... man, that's sad. I hope the other Laemmles get some of the excellent films that would otherwise only hit the Sunset spot...

I'm hoping for that too, the Claremont location could use some love. They are showing this movie currently, at 1pm...

Looks pretty ****ed up. It should be good!

Originally Posted by sarf

I'm hoping for that too, the Claremont location could use some love. They are showing this movie currently, at 1pm...

ONE show today and then not playing there anymore. Sad.