Despite the title the subject is really the impact on Tilda Swindon as a mother obliged to come to terms with (SLIGHT SPOILER COMING:) the sociopathic depravity of her first-born (chillingly played by Ezra Miller), a problem liable only to increase as we move further into the 21st Century.
Considering that 'We Need to Talk About Nigel' begins with Tilda Swinton dreaming that she's undergoing crucifixion, things at first seem they can only get better, but when she wakes up things get even worse as she experiences every woman's nightmare that she might have spawned a bad seed in this fancifully organised, highly-coloured adaptation of Lionel Shriver's bestselling novel depicting every mother's nightmare.
Considering that 'We Need to Talk About Nigel' begins with Tilda Swinton dreaming that she's undergoing crucifixion, things at first seem they can only get better, but when she wakes up things get even worse as she experiences every woman's nightmare that she might have spawned a bad seed in this fancifully organised, highly-coloured adaptation of Lionel Shriver's bestselling novel depicting every mother's nightmare.