Starring Tilda Swinton, John C. Reilly, Ezra Millar
It was said that Lynne Ramsey would have directed The Lovely Bones a few years back. After various disagreements and such, she left the project and it was given to Peter Jackson. The Lovely Bones for Ramsey would have been interesting, but it's a novel with more snow than grit for her.
Here however she takes Lionel Shriver's novel into what is the best drama film I've seen all year.
Eva is looking back upon her past relationship with her first born child, a sinister child named Kevin. She's perplexed at how his behaviour is so notorious and as Swinton portrays it, how she manages to let him get away with it.
As everyone seems to have contempt for Eva, we start to learn than Kevin has done something awful. And naturally the questions start to arise, such as if Eva responsible for letting him act this way - or is Kevin evil from day one?
This film doesn't answer these questions. What it does do is allow a woman to not enjoy motherhood. Ramsey has made the right decision in making the film slightly art house. It's here we discover that it doesn't matter what horrible thing Kevin has done - but that Eva is to face the wrath of it.
Tilda Swinton may look stale, but she does it so well. Again and again she proves herself well. Here she is nothing short of brilliant. It doesn't matter if Narnia will carry on - Swinton was always going to be fine.
5/5
If you like this you should try
Elephant (2003) 4/5
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