We Need To Talk About Kevin

Spectacularly constructed film with a performance to leave the hairs standing on the back necks everywhere, We Need To Talk About Kevin is an underrated yet unsettling film.
Told as a combination of flashbacks and present day, WNTTAK highlights shows Kevin Khatchadourian's (Ezra Miller/Jasper Newell) develop from a creepy child to a sociapathic teenager through the eyes of helpless mother Eva (Tilda Swinton).

Lynne Ramsay adapts Lionel Shriver's international best-selling novel brilliantly, even if the jump between present and past is sometimes annoying.
The fascination lies in the mental disintegration of Eva, as Kevin becomes increasingly manipulative.
He is clearly in control in any of their interactions, and both Miller and Newell portray the perfect amount of "creep" to show it. The utter disdain in their (older and younger Kevin respectively) eyes and tiny "I'm in the power position" smile they wear is terrifying.
I had a similar reaction to WNTTAK as I did Snowtown, in that it was difficult to watch because it was so well-crafted. While I still believe Snowtown did a better job at making the audience wish they were anywhere but in front of the screen, WNTTAK presented Kevin's descendence into madness in a manner that was similarly uncomfortable but just as compelling.
A tough but rewarding watch.