[This] is a film that is as depressing as it is unsettling; definitely not a fun night out at the movies. But as a psychological study of a shattered mother struggling to make sense of a heinous crime carried out by her teenage son, [We Need To Talk About Kevin] is endlessly fascinating, especially in the way Swinton’s Eva Khatchadourian methodically discovers that everything wicked and selfish inherent in her son sprung from her DNA.
