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The Giver Movie Review

Name: The Giver Movie Review
Item: The Giver
Rating: 2.5
Author: Sivapriya Anand

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Review for the film " The Giver"

Streaming On: Netflix

Runtime: 1 Hour 37 Minutes

Certificate: UA

Released: 15-08-2014

Genre: Drama, Sci Fi, Fantasy

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CAST & CREW

Alexander Skarsgard

Andrew McCarthy

Katie Holmes

Meryl Streep

Taylor Swift

Marco Beltrami

Jeff Bridges

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Producer:

Nikki Silver

Neil Koenigsberg

Jeff Bridges

Genevieve Hofmeyr

Music Director:

Marco Beltrami

Editor:

Barry Alexander Brown

Director:

Phillip Noyce

Supporting Actress:

Taylor Swift

Meryl Streep

Katie Holmes

Costume Designer:

Diana Cilliers

Natalie Pascual

Art Director:

Christopher R DeMuri

First Assistant Director:

Noga Isackson

Steve E Andrews

Second Assistant Director:

Nadia Brand

Brent Geisler

Director of Photography:

Ross Emery

Stunt Director:

Loyd Catlett

Executive Producer:

Scooter Braun

Ralph Winter

Alison Owen

Line Producer:

Janine van Assen

Associate Producer:

Noga Isackson

Visual Effects Producer:

Rachel Berry

Casting Director:

Mary Vernieu

Venus Kanani

Novelist:

Lois Lowry

empty:

Michael Barry

Assistant Editor:

Stephen Bekker

Corey S Johnsen

Visual Effects Supervisor:

Mark Breakspear

Paul Graff

Screenplay Writer:

Michael Mitnick

Production Designer:

Ed Verreaux

Set Decorator:

Andrew McCarthy

Casting Assistant:

Bryn Everett

Hair Stylist:

Brandon Swanepoel

Tyron Sweeney

Special Effects Coordinator:

Cordell McQueen

Special Effects Technician:

Ryan Roundy

Stunt Coordinator:

Cordell McQueen

Stunt Performer:

Benny Ou

Dan Hirst

Digital Compositor:

Christian Zeiler

Matt DiNardo

Visual Effects Artist:

Colin Ebbeson

Artur Elson

Sound Mixer:

Nico Louw

Boom Operator:

Nate Aylor

Costume Supervisor:

Jacomina Jankowitz

Supporting Actor:

Jeff Bridges

Thabo Rametsi

Kira Wilkinson

Brenton Thwaites

Katharina Damm

Jon Whiteley

Jaime Coue

Irina Miccoli

Emma Tremblay

Cameron Monaghan

Alexander Skarsgard

Odeya Rush

Vaughn Lucas

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This film is an adaptation of Louis Lowry’s novel, “ The Giver Click to look into! >> Read More... ”. This book was published in 1993, and itself was a patchwork of ideas borrowed from several authors. Director of this movie Philip Noyce stayed faithful to the book while portraying the plots and characters in the movie.

Plot: Jonas, the key character, lives in his own world of contentment. As he starts to spend some time with the Giver, Jeff Bridges Jeff Bridges is a movie actor as well as a produce >> Read More... , he discovers his community’s secret past which has some dark secrets embarked within. The movie is a full-scale portrayal of developing bonds between Bridges and Jonas, who is selected to inherit the great storehouse of memories his community carries. Once armed with knowledge, Jonas realizes he has to leave the place to protect himself and his loved ones.

Analysis: Compared to his previous movie “ Salt Click to look into! >> Read More... ”, the director Philip Noyce has improved his skills since he decides to stick to the book totally this time. But as time proceeds this film gets a bit lost and results in a wobbly climax.

Star Performances: Jeff Bridges give the most noticeable performance in the movie. Coming from a family with a film background, his performance as the Giver is top-notch. The same, unfortunately, cannot be said for Thwaites. He doesn’t seem to make a good impression here as he did in his previous appearance, “Maleficient”.

What’s there?

1. It has stunning visuals with a blend of science fiction in it.

2. The strength of the cast pushes the movie with the names of Katie Holmes Born two months premature, Katie Holmes is the dau >> Read More... and Jeff Bridges in it.

3. The soundtrack of the movie is appealing especially ordinary human by “ordinary human” by one republic.

What’s not there?

1. This movie reminds every one of the divergent series or the Hunger Games as it’s pretty much the same.

2. The key character’s performance is not notable and could have been a lot better.

3. The screenplay could have been better because not every book reader might like the movie adaptation.

Verdict: It is a slow paced drama film with unique visual style. It will appeal to the masses where they enjoy films which make them think. If you are not one of them or a book reader, I suggest you, give it a miss.

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