Genre: Drama | Sci-Fi
Cert: 12A
Director: Phillip Noyce
Screen writer: Michael Mitnick , Robert B. Weide , Lois Lowry
Starring: Jeff Bridges , Meryl Streep , Brenton Thwaites , Alexander Skarsgård , Katie Holmes , Odeya Rush, Cameron Monaghan , Taylor Swift ,Emma Tremblay , Alexander Jillings , James Jillings , Jordan Nicholas Smal , Saige Fernandes , Renate Stuurman , Vanessa Cooke , John Whiteley
Running time: 97 min
Parents advised to read before viewing film as some scene may contain scenes unsuitable for younger viewers.
Sex & Nudity: Some kissing
Violence & Gore: A teen punches another teen in the face "IN THE FACE,
A shot is used to euthanize an infant
In a memory several grown men hunter and kill an elephant (no blood is seen).
The Giver accidentally gives Jonas the memory of war. During the memory a man is shot in the chest and dies, some blood is seen. Then a man jumps out of a tree to attack and Jonas shoots him repeatedly.
Profanity: None
Alcohol/Drugs/Smoking: The residents take a daily shot
Frightening/Intense Scenes: Some of the memories are disturbing.
Only one scene makes this movie PG-13
Suggested MPAA rating
PG-13 for A Mild Thematic Image Including an Infant & For Sci-Fi Violence
Story: This film, based on Lois Lowry's book, tells the story of a perfect world. Everyone here is happy. When Jonas is 18 years old, he's chosen to be the community's Receiver of Memories. He enters into training with an old man called The Giver. From the Giver, Jonas learns about pain, sadness, war, and all the unhappy truths of the "real" world. He quickly realizes that his community is fake. Confronted with this reality, Jonas faces difficult choices about his own life and his future.
Likes : I've never read the book so i cant review this film from the book standard although ive seen that the film is perfectly adapted from the novel,so im going to review this film as a stand alone film point off view.
The story of this film is well written, casting is pretty solid, but this is a story film that an action one, i like the way the world their in changing from a black & white to a colour as your seeing through the eyes of Jonas played by Brenton Thwaites but when you see the world through the other its black & white that was a unique way of filming & brilliant cinematography to protray's a controlling world where everything is controlled.
Could a say this was a great film, in some way in areas of the film yes, but sadly other no, which i will explain more in dislikes. Casting was pretty solid with some great actor & actress like Jeff Bridges , Meryl Streep , Alexander Skarsgård & Katie Holmes, Taylor Swift making a cameo as Jeff Bridges characters daughter Rosemary, which was a surprise. This is you average teenage movie to be-honest nothing really to stand out & say it a brilliant film, don't get me wrong this is beautiful made but this film just didn't appeal to me because of a few flaws.
Dislikes : One ive seen people comparing this to hunger games & Divergent teen dystopia movies, one problem with this is the fact Divergent & Hunger game kept their film & the audience interested in the film with action scene to keep the film at a steady pace, this film's concept was good but seriously two slow specially with the lack of action in the story-line.
I could feel myself falling asleep watch it because it just wasn't enough happening to keep me interested in watching the film the whole way through, people say action film & other film are mediocre when they bring out film like this that are so slow it at a crawl.........this is what you call mediocre when they take a great story & make the movie so slow it become boring to watch.This film is not aim at adults this truly is a teenage drama sci-fi film at best that may appeal to teenagers, for me this film was way to slow so i cant give this full a rating
Overall : Great acting, great story, just let down through pace & lack of action, it more of a story film then balanced film.
Rating: 3.2 out of 10 for entertainment / 5 out of 10 for story / pace of the film
Screen writer: Michael Mitnick , Robert B. Weide , Lois Lowry
Starring: Jeff Bridges , Meryl Streep , Brenton Thwaites , Alexander Skarsgård , Katie Holmes , Odeya Rush, Cameron Monaghan , Taylor Swift ,Emma Tremblay , Alexander Jillings , James Jillings , Jordan Nicholas Smal , Saige Fernandes , Renate Stuurman , Vanessa Cooke , John Whiteley
Running time: 97 min
Parents advised to read before viewing film as some scene may contain scenes unsuitable for younger viewers.
Sex & Nudity: Some kissing
Violence & Gore: A teen punches another teen in the face "IN THE FACE,
A shot is used to euthanize an infant
In a memory several grown men hunter and kill an elephant (no blood is seen).
The Giver accidentally gives Jonas the memory of war. During the memory a man is shot in the chest and dies, some blood is seen. Then a man jumps out of a tree to attack and Jonas shoots him repeatedly.
Profanity: None
Alcohol/Drugs/Smoking: The residents take a daily shot
Frightening/Intense Scenes: Some of the memories are disturbing.
Only one scene makes this movie PG-13
Suggested MPAA rating
PG-13 for A Mild Thematic Image Including an Infant & For Sci-Fi Violence
Story: This film, based on Lois Lowry's book, tells the story of a perfect world. Everyone here is happy. When Jonas is 18 years old, he's chosen to be the community's Receiver of Memories. He enters into training with an old man called The Giver. From the Giver, Jonas learns about pain, sadness, war, and all the unhappy truths of the "real" world. He quickly realizes that his community is fake. Confronted with this reality, Jonas faces difficult choices about his own life and his future.
Likes : I've never read the book so i cant review this film from the book standard although ive seen that the film is perfectly adapted from the novel,so im going to review this film as a stand alone film point off view.
The story of this film is well written, casting is pretty solid, but this is a story film that an action one, i like the way the world their in changing from a black & white to a colour as your seeing through the eyes of Jonas played by Brenton Thwaites but when you see the world through the other its black & white that was a unique way of filming & brilliant cinematography to protray's a controlling world where everything is controlled.
Could a say this was a great film, in some way in areas of the film yes, but sadly other no, which i will explain more in dislikes. Casting was pretty solid with some great actor & actress like Jeff Bridges , Meryl Streep , Alexander Skarsgård & Katie Holmes, Taylor Swift making a cameo as Jeff Bridges characters daughter Rosemary, which was a surprise. This is you average teenage movie to be-honest nothing really to stand out & say it a brilliant film, don't get me wrong this is beautiful made but this film just didn't appeal to me because of a few flaws.
Dislikes : One ive seen people comparing this to hunger games & Divergent teen dystopia movies, one problem with this is the fact Divergent & Hunger game kept their film & the audience interested in the film with action scene to keep the film at a steady pace, this film's concept was good but seriously two slow specially with the lack of action in the story-line.
I could feel myself falling asleep watch it because it just wasn't enough happening to keep me interested in watching the film the whole way through, people say action film & other film are mediocre when they bring out film like this that are so slow it at a crawl.........this is what you call mediocre when they take a great story & make the movie so slow it become boring to watch.This film is not aim at adults this truly is a teenage drama sci-fi film at best that may appeal to teenagers, for me this film was way to slow so i cant give this full a rating
Overall : Great acting, great story, just let down through pace & lack of action, it more of a story film then balanced film.
Rating: 3.2 out of 10 for entertainment / 5 out of 10 for story / pace of the film
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