![]() Optioned from a 2003 novel of the same name by award winning author Lionel Shriver back in 2011, We Need to Talk About Kevin recounts the years leading up to a tragic high school incident through folding narratives that show troubled teen Kevin’s (played by Ezra Miller) upbringing and the aftermath his mother Eva (Tilda Swinton), is subjected to. Now more than ever, we need to talk about this film. A life that is as fragmented as the world he is brought into one that looks on as he consumes the broken. In the midst of this momentum borne out of grief, rage, and horror, I watched a movie about a young man and his context within a world that only thought it wanted him. The mental stability of legal gun owners is once again a heated argument, often swaying the debate between guns and the health system, never quite finding a common ground. Students are taking matters into their own hands, demonstrating walk-outs and marching on Congress with pressing urgency to reform gun control. ![]() School shootings have become more and more prevalent. ![]() ![]() ![]() Lately, there has been a lot we need to talk about. ![]()
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