The Giver
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2014
1h 37m
PG-13
English
Drama, Science Fiction
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In a seemingly perfect community, without war, pain, suffering, differences or choice, a young boy is chosen to learn from an elderly man about the true pain and pleasure of the "real" world.
The Giver
In a seemingly perfect community, without war, pain, suffering, differences or choice, a young boy is chosen to learn from an elderly man about the true pain and pleasure of the "real" world.
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Cast
Jonas
Fiona
The Giver
Chief Elder
Jonas' Mother
Jonas' Father
Asher
Rosemary
Lily
Nurturer
Gabriel 12 Months
Gabriel 12 Months
Gabriel 3 Months
Gabriel 6 Months
Dinah
Elder
Elder
Chief Elder's Assistant
Bride
Robbie
Security Officer
Vietcong Sniper
Community (voice)
Directed By: Phillip Noyce
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CatyAlexandre
/10 10 years ago
How would it be living in a world without colors? Where everything was black and white? A world full of rules where everything is automated and where emotions do not exist? Certainly would not be strange to those born into it, but it is undoubtedly frustrating for some who once lived and know that t More
Grant English
6 years ago
I like this genre of film plus with Jeff Bridges and Meryl Streep, I was expecting more. Bridges and Streep deliver top-shelf performances it's just there is not enough of them in the film.
There's a scene where Streep and Bridges get into the conversation of whether free will is worth the hur More
There's a scene where Streep and Bridges get into the conversation of whether free will is worth the hur More
dmaloir
6 years ago
Although the cast is good (for the young actors), and excellent for Jeff Bridges and Meryl Streep, this movie just has no scenario.
The no-emotion dystopia has been covered many times in the literature and movie industry but, here, the story is just too simplistic and gives no satisfaction at all More
The no-emotion dystopia has been covered many times in the literature and movie industry but, here, the story is just too simplistic and gives no satisfaction at all More
LorenDushku-deleted-1572962324
CONTAINS SPOILERS/10 7 years ago
What if suddenly the society chooses to remove the pain and with it the feelings that creates it? The giver, based on Lois Lowry‘s novel, answers this question showing us an advanced society who avoids feelings thanks to daily injections. Ruled by a council of elders, families are gathered thanks More
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