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We Need to Talk About Kevin

2011 · directed by Lynne Ramsay · 113 min
21,856 feet · Prominence
1,757th of 15,261 films scored
Not coveredNo Rewatchables episode on file.

How this film scores

Draw41

$11m worldwide in 2011 — $16m in today's money.

As released$11mIn 2026 money$16mRank5,443 of 8,589In 2011146 of 242

How Draw works

Inflation-adjusted worldwide box office, on one global curve, and nothing else. It does not know whether a film was good.

Praise75

Critics 71, awards 30. Half each, so Praise lands at 75.

Critics71 → 36Awards30 → 15

BAFTAs3 nominated British Film, Direction, Actress
How Praise works

Half critics, half a tiered award record where Picture and Directing carry most of the weight. Praise is the verdict at the time; Legacy is the verdict since.

Legacy35

Judged directly: Swinton performance still discussed.

Verdict35 of 100IMDb7.4 from 179kWikipedia54k views a monthAge15 years

Scored beside it · 1,556 of 3,430 films judged

If it does not belong in this company, the number is wrong.

How Legacy works

Legacy is a judgment, not a formula. A film can be adored by critics and culturally quiet, or lightly reviewed and permanently lodged in the culture, and no arithmetic over IMDb numbers tells the difference. Every signal behind it keeps updating.

draw 41 praise 75 legacy 35averages 50, which places it at21,856 ft
How the three become one number

Added, not multiplied, so a film transcendent on one pillar and weak on another is not zeroed out. A compression curve then squeezes the top, because the seven greatest films ever made should not be four thousand feet apart.

In these careers — elevation for this film

No scored career runs through this film yet. The people-side engine currently covers 108careers, and this film’s cast sits outside them. Top billing: Tilda Swinton, John C. Reilly, Ezra Miller, Siobhan Fallon Hogan.