PALME DOR NOMINEE, CANNES FILM FESTIVAL 2011
It took Scottish auteur Ramsay (Ratcatcher) to get to the empty heart of this uniquely American story about a mother (Tilda Swinton) dealing with the aftermath of a horrific crime committed by her son. With We Need to Talk About Kevin, she has created a brilliant, avant-garde sound-and-vision construction a series of postcards delivered from [a] disordered psyche. (Salon)