I was terrified just after watching it, because I'm really not used to watching thriller movies (and of course I don't plan to get used to it).
What the movie is about is dark and deep. After watching the movie, I feel that I have gained a lot of information, a lot of ideas, and most of them are shrouded in fear. So, I went to read some other people's thoughts, and finally began to digest this movie that scared me.
Maybe we'll never know whether it was a lack of motherly love or a natural illness that drove Kevin down this path, but maybe that's the charm of this movie. It does not answer the series of questions: "Who is responsible for this series of killings?", "Why didn't Kevin kill his mother?", "Why did Kevin keep rejecting his mother's love?", "A mother must Is it necessary to give a child complete love to ensure that he does not become a murderer?", etc. It's true that the film touches on that set of questions, but it doesn't give them answers. Why, everyone gets something different from this movie? Some people are confused after reading it, and do not understand what caused the final sin. Some people just feel sorry for Kevin, a little boy who needs love and attention. Some people read it and deeply sympathize with Eva, a mother's helplessness. After reading the thoughtful lines and reading the various opinions and analyses of the movie audience, I finally understood what the film was trying to convey.
It's not there to intimidate the audience, and it's not there to answer this series of questions. We need to talk about Kevin is actually We need to talk about Eva. The purpose of this film is simply to ask these topics that we do not discuss on a daily basis. It tells this story from Eva's point of view. It allows us to see the self-blame and pain of a mother, and the broken dreams and dreams she once had. But it didn't let us see what Kevin was thinking and what he was going through.
It's like, we can't know whether the scar on Kevin's hand was dropped by Eva, or if he rolled down himself. Many people will think that there is no suspense here: Don't Kevin's actions and eyes show the depth of his inner city? But you forget that what we see is often only the side of the truth. Is Eva really a reliable narrator? We don't know, because the eyes we see, the "facts" we understand are only her understanding. All we see is that these past events have become a prison for her. All we felt was the deep remorse she felt for the hurt Kevin in her own eyes.
For this film, no analysis can be wrong. It has succeeded because it sparks thinking about these mother-child relationship issues.
(I won't give it 5 stars, because although the film is well done, the use of color and suspense elements really makes me uncomfortable. I don't know if I will watch it again, but I confirm the same Its existence as a meaningful film.)
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