Viewing and Discussion: We Need To Talk About Kevin

   Viewing and Discussion:

We Need To Talk About Kevin

 Friday July 13, 7-10 pm

Barbara Burns, RN, LCSW

              $15

This dark psychological film tells the story of a stranger in our midst.  Staring Tilde Swinton, John C. Riley, and Esra Miller this film is in a similar vein as the classic film The Omen, telling the haunting story of a mother who discovers her child has a demon within.  We begin with a women who goes on a career tour, this one to Spain to the La Tomatina, Tomato Festival in Buñol, and an orgy of wallowing in RED.  Several years later she marries, leaves her New York loft, and settles in the suburbs in a modern, monstrous tri-level; becomes pregnant: the stranger has entered.  In her soul, this pregnancy does not feel right. Kevin’s father Fredrick expresses a superficial concern for his son, but never truly understands him.  Meanwhile, Eva is quietly horrified by their son’s development.  As the boy ages, it becomes apparent that he is not “developing” in the usual sense.  As the years pass, Kevin’s propensity for manipulation and destruction continues to grow.  The couple has given birth to a daughter, Celia, six years younger then Kevin.  As Kevin recognizes that his mother is bonding with Celia in a way she has never done with him, tension builds.  Celia becomes the object of Kevin’s jealously, anger, and hate.  We watch this story play out and are reminded of the way life can lead us on horrific and breathtaking trajectories.