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The Giver
Directed by
Phillip Noyce
PG-13
2014
1h 37m
Drama
,
Science Fiction
,
and more
6.4
35%
55%
Rent for $3.99
In a seemingly perfect community without war, pain, suffering, differences or choices, a young boy is chosen to learn from an elderly man, the true pain and pleasure of the real world.
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Cast of The Giver
Jeff Bridges
The Giver
Meryl Streep
Chief Elder
Brenton Thwaites
Jonas
Alexander Skarsgård
Father
Katie Holmes
Mother
Odeya Rush
Fiona
Cameron Monaghan
Asher
Taylor Swift
Rosemary
Emma Tremblay
Lily
Alexander Jillings
Gabriel 12 Months
James Jillings
Gabriel 12 Months
Jordan Nicholas Smal
Gabriel 3 Months
Saige Fernandes
Gabriel 6 Months
Renate Stuurman
Dinah
Vanessa Cooke
Elder
John Whiteley
Elder
Kira Wilkinson
Chief Elder's Assistant
Meganne Young
Bride
Thabo Rametsi
Robbie
Vaughn Lucas
Security Officer
Katharina Damm
Nurturer
Jaime Coue
Vietcong Sniper
Jefferson Mays
Community (voice)
The Giver Ratings & Reviews
Dave
January 29, 2025
Good movie, the concept is very interesting but I feel like the story was rushed.
Denver Post
Lisa Kennedy
As Jonas, Brenton Thwaites brings thoughtful wonder to the role of a young man who is thrilled and frightened by what he learns.
L.A. Weekly
Amy Nicholson
The Giver is more simple and raw than the rest of today's teen dystopias that try to cram in unnecessary backstory and love triangles.
Christian Science Monitor
Peter Rainer
The movie never really sheds its chilly Orwellian vibe, and its chief idea -- that only The Giver and Jonas can truly feel -- is contradicted by the supposedly blanked-out citizens who, in fact, appear to have feelings indeed, albeit nasty ones.
leonardmaltin.com
Leonard Maltin
In 'The Giver' the only actor allowed to dig into his role is Jeff Bridges, as the title character who is in charge of holding and caring for mankind's memories.
Complex
David Ehrlich
The fatal irony at the heart of The Giver is too hilariously blatant to ignore: here is a dystopian teen drama about the perils of sameness that feels exactly like all of the other movies in its increasingly crowded genre.
Autostraddle
Riese Bernard
Taylor Swift showed up as a piano-playing hologram with a bad wig and it officially became a comedy.
The Atlantic
David Sims
Noyce tries to thread the needle by hewing close to his source material while peppering in some grander-scale sci-fi business to keep things moving. It doesn't remotely work.
Grantland
Wesley Morris
This might be an anti-pharmaceutical, anti-cult, anti-plot, anti-suspense allegory. It could also just be Thanksgiving at your robot-zombie in-laws.
Wall Street Journal
John Anderson
For much of the movie, viewers will be asking themselves where the conflict is. And, by extension, the drama.
New York Magazine/Vulture
Bilge Ebiri
A movie that plays like a low-rent Logan's Run crossed with a UNICEF commercial.
New York Daily News
Joe Neumaier
"The Giver" was ahead of its time as a book. But as a movie, it's too late.
New York Times
Manohla Dargis
The enervating hash of dystopian dread, vague religiosity and commercial advertising-style uplift is nothing if not stale.
Rolling Stone
Peter Travers
Lois Lowry took chances with her novel. The movie of The Giver takes none. It's safe, sorry and a crashing bore.
Salon.com
Andrew O'Hehir
The truth is that it's dim, perfunctory and wide-eyed, at least in every moment when Bridges isn't on the screen.
RogerEbert.com
Sheila O'Malley
Despite a truly pained performance from Jeff Bridges and a beautifully imagined, three-dimensional futuristic world, "The Giver," in wanting to connect itself to more recent YA franchises, sacrifices subtlety, inference and power.
Philadelphia Inquirer
Steven Rea
Noyce, working from an adaptation by screenwriters Michael Mitnick and Robert B. Weide, finds a compelling through-line ...
Detroit News
Tom Long
"The Giver" offers more than just the standard clamorous post-apocalyptic claptrap that fuels far too many films these days.
Fort Worth Star-Telegram/DFW.com
Cary Darling
It's the latest in the long line of movies made from novels set in a dystopian future where a young person has heroism thrust upon their slim shoulders...Yet, taken on its own, it's a well-made and effectively told morality tale.
San Diego Reader
Matthew Lickona
For a movie about the importance of emotion, The Giver is surprisingly inert, and also clumsy about hitting its beats.
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From Page To Screen: Closer
From Page To Screen: Closer
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Odeya Rush On Her Character
Odeya Rush On Her Character
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Phillip Noyce On Jeff Bridges
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Lois Lowry On What Inspired The Book
Lois Lowry On What Inspired The Book
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Brenton Thwaites On The Plot Of The Film
Brenton Thwaites On The Plot Of The Film
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From Page To Screen: We Learn What He Learns
From Page To Screen: We Learn What He Learns
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