We Need to Talk About Kevin

2011 film by Lynne Ramsay
Movie film Q247470
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We Need to Talk About Kevin

Summary

We Need to Talk About Kevin is a film[1]. It ranks in the top 0.88% of film entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (4,519 views/month, #824 of 94,065).[2]

Key Facts

  • We Need to Talk About Kevin is the creator of Lynne Ramsay[3].
  • We Need to Talk About Kevin received the European Film Award for Best Actress[4].
  • We Need to Talk About Kevin's instance of is recorded as film[5].
  • We Need to Talk About Kevin's director is recorded as Lynne Ramsay[6].
  • We Need to Talk About Kevin's screenwriter is recorded as Lynne Ramsay[7].
  • We Need to Talk About Kevin's composer is recorded as Jonny Greenwood[8].
  • We Need to Talk About Kevin's genre is recorded as thriller film[9].
  • We Need to Talk About Kevin's genre is recorded as drama film[10].
  • We Need to Talk About Kevin's genre is recorded as romance film[11].
  • We Need to Talk About Kevin's genre is recorded as film based on a novel[12].
  • We Need to Talk About Kevin's based on is recorded as We Need to Talk About Kevin[13].
  • We Need to Talk About Kevin's logo image is recorded as We need to talk about Kevin.svg[14].
  • We Need to Talk About Kevin's cast member is recorded as Tilda Swinton[15].
  • We Need to Talk About Kevin's cast member is recorded as John C. Reilly[16].
  • We Need to Talk About Kevin's cast member is recorded as Ezra Miller[17].
  • We Need to Talk About Kevin's cast member is recorded as Jasper Newell[18].
  • We Need to Talk About Kevin's cast member is recorded as Siobhan Fallon Hogan[19].
  • We Need to Talk About Kevin's cast member is recorded as Alex Manette[20].
  • We Need to Talk About Kevin's cast member is recorded as Leslie Lyles[21].
  • We Need to Talk About Kevin's cast member is recorded as Maryann Urbano[22].
  • We Need to Talk About Kevin's producer is recorded as Jennifer Fox[23].
  • We Need to Talk About Kevin's collection is recorded as Museum of Modern Art[24].
  • We Need to Talk About Kevin's production company is recorded as BBC Film[25].
  • We Need to Talk About Kevin's director of photography is recorded as Seamus McGarvey[26].
  • We Need to Talk About Kevin's IMDb ID is recorded as tt1242460[27].

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Authorship and Creation

We Need to Talk About Kevin's producer is recorded as Jennifer Fox[23]. Its director is recorded as Lynne Ramsay[6]. Its screenwriter is recorded as Lynne Ramsay[7]. Cast members include Tilda Swinton[15], John C. Reilly[16], Ezra Miller[17], Jasper Newell[18], Siobhan Fallon Hogan[19], and Alex Manette[20]. It is the creator of Lynne Ramsay[3].

Publication

Publication dates include +2011-01-01T00:00:00Z[28], +2011-05-12T00:00:00Z[29], and +2012-08-16T00:00:00Z[30]. We Need to Talk About Kevin's original language of film or TV show is recorded as English[31]. Genres include thriller film[9], drama film[10], romance film[11], and film based on a novel[12].

Subject and Themes

Main subjects include amok[32] and parent–child relationship[33].

Reception

We Need to Talk About Kevin received the European Film Award for Best Actress[4]. Reviews include 7.4/10[34], 74%[35], and 68/100[36].

Adaptations and Inspiration

We Need to Talk About Kevin's after a work by is recorded as Lionel Shriver[37].

Why It Matters

We Need to Talk About Kevin ranks in the top 0.88% of film entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (4,519 views/month, #824 of 94,065).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 20 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[38]

FAQs

What awards did We Need to Talk About Kevin receive?

Honors received include European Film Award for Best Actress[4].

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [5] . wikidata.org.
  2. [6] . imdb.com. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
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  12. [16] . imdb.com. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
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  14. [18] . imdb.com. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [19] . imdb.com. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [20] . imdb.com. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [21] . imdb.com. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [22] . imdb.com. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  19. [23] . wikidata.org.
  20. [4] . europeanfilmacademy.org. Retrieved . europeanfilmacademy.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  21. [3] . Museum of Modern Art online collection. wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . Q18709181. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  26. [31] . wikidata.org.
  27. [34] . Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  28. [35] . wikidata.org.
  29. [36] . wikidata.org.
  30. [28] . wikidata.org.
  31. [29] . wikidata.org.
  32. [30] . IMDb. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  33. [32] . wikidata.org.
  34. [33] . wikidata.org.
  35. [37] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [38] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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