Rent The Giver (2014)

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1h 33min
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Synopsis:
The story of "The Giver" centres on Jonas (Brenton Thwaites), a young man who lives in a seemingly ideal, if colourless, world of conformity and contentment. Yet as he begins to spend time with The Giver (Jeff Bridges), who is the sole keeper of all the community's memories, Jonas quickly begins to discover the dark and deadly truths of his community's secret past. With this newfound power of knowledge, he realises that the stakes are higher than imagined - a matter of life and death for himself and those he loves most. At extreme odds, Jonas knows that he must escape their world to protect them all - a challenge that no one has ever succeeded at before.
Actors:
, , , , , , , , , Alexander Jillings, James Jillings, Jordan Nicholas Smal, Saige Fernandes, , , , , , ,
Directors:
Producers:
Jeff Bridges, Neil Koenigsberg, Nikki Silver
Voiced By:
Jefferson Mays
Writers:
Michael Mitnick, Robert B. Weide
Studio:
Entertainment In Video
Genres:
Drama, Sci-Fi & Fantasy
Collections:
Children & Family, Children's Books On Screen: Fantasy, Top 10 Cycling Films
BBFC:
Release Date:
19/01/2015
Run Time:
93 minutes
Languages:
English Dolby Digital 5.1
Subtitles:
English Hard of Hearing
DVD Regions:
Region 2
Formats:
Pal
Aspect Ratio:
Widescreen 2.40:1
Colour:
Colour
Bonus:
  • Trailer
BBFC:
Release Date:
19/01/2015
Run Time:
97 minutes
Languages:
English DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1
Subtitles:
English, English Hard of Hearing
Formats:
Pal
Aspect Ratio:
Widescreen 2.40:1
Colour:
Colour
BLU-RAY Regions:
B
Bonus:
  • Jeff Bridges Presents The Original Script Reading Featuring Lloyd Bridges
  • Making The Giver - From Page to Screen
  • Press Conference with Cast
  • Jonas' Harrowing Journey: Extended Scene
  • "Ordinary Human" Featurette with OneRepublic's Ryan Tedder
  • Author Lois Lowry On The Giver
  • Trailer

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Reviews (1) of The Giver

OK but left a lot of unanswered questions - The Giver review by DH

Spoiler Alert
14/09/2020

I had to read the full book synopsis online after seeing the movie and it filled in a few gaps which were problematic. Interestingly it states that this should be a story about an 11 year boy, the film depicts him as much older but they wanted a love story so I can see why they did that! This is basically a new take on Logans Run from the 70's. Don't know how the author got away with calling it a new piece of fiction, it wasn't. This isn't bad, it just didn't feel very new. Meryl Streep had more than a bit part and is always watchable. They crammed too much into 93 mins. If they put some more flesh on it by making it a normal 120 mins then it might have been a better movie. I shouldn't have had to read the book review to get the answers I needed about where the babies came from (sounds odd but you'll realise what I mean if you see the film) and why they couldn't keep them all. The book explains it.

Our main problem was not the film makers fault at all. They were talking about a society where they were being told what to do, told they couldn't touch, couldn't meet people, couldn't go out at night. They showed memories of better days when people were at large weddings, travelling the world and he looks with tears in his eyes. Well so did we! All the things we are currently being denied. Their sterile world felt very familiar to our world post Covid and it made it really sad so lost a bit of the magic. I wouldn't watch until these horrible times have passed! I'm sure it will land better in the future as it should show you stuff you take for granted except we don't at the moment.

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