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Originally Posted by Delirium  Regarding We Need to Talk About Kevin, I completely agree. I saw it at the flicks and found it somewhat heavy-handed. The main problem being the central nature versus nurture debate (which I understand is far more convincing in the book, although I haven't read it). There seemed to be little debate in the film - he was an evil kid, end of; comically so at times. |
Yes, there was definitely an air of 'comic book villain' about Kevin. As you say, very heavy handed, and little debate. There is no real exchange between Kevin's mother and father throughout the whole film. In fact, John C. Reilly was so under-used, he must have been laughing all the way to the bank with that minimal performance.