It's a compliment to say this is one of the most upsetting movies I've seen in quite some time. Though Ramsay missteps with some heavy-handed visual metaphors and initially questionable structuring, her film's intensity makes up for any shortcomings. She doesn't make a cartoonish evil child movie, but something far more demented and real. It's extraordinarily uncomfortable watching the punishment delivered to Tilda Swinton's Eva throughout the film, but Swinton makes the most of that discomfort, elevating every scene and turning out one of the performances of the year. Ezra Miller's older Kevin has gotten acclaim, but the actors who portray him as a younger child are far better.
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