We Need to Talk About This Book
We Need to Talk About Kevin, an intense and moving book by Lionel Shriver, has been made into a film starring the incredibly talented Tilda Swinton (who recently received the Best Actress award from the National Board of Review for her portrayal). It is playing in NYC and LA for the next week only, so if you are in either city, I suggest getting yourself to a house de cinema (that's French).
The New York Times proclaimed that We Need to Talk About Kevin "saturates the senses. . . . It is beautiful and demonic, like Kevin himself, and the bad feelings it induces are likely to be accompanied by helpless and stricken admiration. You may well need to talk about it afterward, but then again, you may be left speechless.”
And the L.A. Times believes that "what holds us in the film, besides Ramsay's skill, is Swinton's fearless, ferocious performance as someone not only trying to come to terms with an endless nightmare but also agonizing over what part she might have had in its creation. The Oscar-winning Swinton's gifts are, of course, no secret, but this is a special performance, even for her.”
What is your favorite movie tie-in book? Did the movie hold up to the book? FIrst 10 readers to comment get a copy of this Orange Prize winner!
– Annie
