The first time I looked at the perspective of his mother Eva, I also felt that the child was deliberately against him and couldn't understand it. But all other people's condemnation of Eva and her last sentence "Why?" still let me ask if there is really evil for no reason in this world? Looking at Eva from the sidelines again, I found that if you want to talk about Kevin, you have to talk about her first.
Eva loves to travel. She had worked in a travel agency before the accident, and after that she also found a job in a travel agency. It is rare for her to smile sincerely when posting maps and tourist souvenirs in her new home. Through her memories, we can also see her madness at the Spanish Tomato Festival when she was young and the freedom and romance of her love. But all this was changed by Kevin unexpectedly. She looked at her increasingly round belly in the mirror without looking forward to it. When she heard other expectant mothers share the excitement of pregnancy, she couldn't even wait to escape. After the baby was born, the smirk couldn't help the crying baby. Annoyed, she pushed the car to the side of the construction site, letting the sound of electric drills overwhelm the cry for a moment of relief, and the eyes of passers-by were full of doubt. Throughout the process of raising Kevin, she could hardly see the joy of being a mother. The mother and child often have nothing to say. The two go out together. While Eva is trying to get close to her son, he looks like he just wants to get it over with. When she scolded Kevin once, she said, "Mommy was happy before widdle Kevin came along, you know that? Now Mommy wakes up every morning and wishes she was in France." This memory is interspersed with trick-or-treat kids playing ghosts In the increasingly rushing knock on the door, the accountability to Eva was self-evident.
The so-called "unexpected pregnancy", is it appropriate to bring a mother's unprepared or even conflicting life into this world? This punishment is too much for both sides, and the story goes even further than both sides. Eva was obviously more prepared when she was pregnant with Celia. After the baby was born, she was happily holding her in her arms and teasing like a normal mother. Recalling that when she gave birth to Kevin, the child was in her father's arms, and she just sat on the hospital bed blankly. This is probably the epitome of her relationship with her two children: Celia is a normal mother-daughter relationship, but she is always at a loss for Kevin. The mother-child conversation before my sister was born is heartbreaking. Kevin said "Just cause you're used to something doesn't mean you like it. You're used to me." Eva didn't even refute. No wonder she said "I love you" and her son didn't believe it either. Compared to my son's superficial rebellion, her cold violence made me feel more terrifying. She played the role of a mother in front of Kevin for so many years, but never became a real mother. She couldn't understand her son's rebellion, and she thought that his son could not detect her indifference, but what was wrong with the child was kept in mind.
Kevin's illness is the most harmonious part of the mother-child relationship in the film. Normally, Kevin's desire for maternal love was unacceptable. He fell ill and leaned on his mother's chest to listen to stories like an ordinary child, even his father didn't want it. Eva smiled happily. Kevin looked up and stared at her as if looking at someone who had a crush on for a long time. But once he recovered, Kevin, who was stubborn and unreadable, came back again.
Red can be seen everywhere in the film: ketchup, apples, candles, paint, the red door of the stadium, and the red wine in the glass every time Eva drops. In the supermarket, she was standing in front of the whole row of canned tomatoes, which made people think of the dream of everyone pouring ketchup on her in the opening film. Red is like a condemnation of her in this film, making her desperate to wash the paint as if to wash her own guilt.
ps, the Queen’s acting skills are beyond doubt. What surprised me was that the little actor named Jasper Newell who played 6 to 8 year old Kevin, the younger sister was born and sick, performed very well, plus the plot factor, his Kevin is the most convincing to me.
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