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 hurt and pain that comes with it. It's 10 minutes of acting every one should watch. The problem is this scene comes near the end of the movie and it's not enough to offset the other 100 minutes of complete blandness. There isn't this sense of dread or tension in the movie at all. There really isn…
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The Giver
Overview
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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Release date
13/08/2014
Votes
4,675
Popularity
9.1
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)
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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. The subject had a lot more depth in 'A brave new world'. Heck, even Equilibrium had more content. I got through the 90 minutes of the movie and ended up with the sour feeling that the director skipped from the exposition to the conclusion without developing anything. Really not worth the time.
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