The Giver

The Giver 2014

6.7/10

NETFLIX Rating : 3.4

IMDB Rating : 6.5

FD Smart Rating : 6.7

Synopsis : In a future society without hardship or free choice, young Jonas discovers a powerful truth and becomes determined to expose it.

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Anguilla , Antigua and Barbuda , Aruba , Bahamas , Bangladesh , Barbados , Belize , Bermuda , Bolivia , Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba , Cayman Islands , Chile , Colombia , Costa Rica , Cuba , Curaçao , Dominica , Dominican Republic , Ecuador , El Salvador , French Guiana , Grenada , Guadeloupe , Guatemala , Guyana , Haiti , Holy See , Honduras , India , Italy , Jamaica , Maldives , Martinique , Montserrat , Nepal , Nicaragua , Pakistan , Panama , Paraguay , Peru , Saint Barthélemy , Saint Kitts and Nevis , Saint Lucia , Saint Martin , Saint Vincent , San Marino , Sint Maarten (Dutch part) , Sri Lanka , Suriname , Taiwan , Thailand , Trinidad and Tobago , Turkey , Turks and Caicos Islands , United Kingdom , Uruguay , Venezuela , Virgin Islands, British , Hungary , Portugal , Romania

Directors:

Phillip Noyce

Actors:

Taylor Swift , Emma Tremblay , Jeff Bridges , Alexander Skarsgard , Cameron Monaghan , Katie Holmes , Brenton Thwaites , Meryl Streep

Creators:

Michael Mitnick , Robert B. Weide , Lois Lowry

Languages:

Spanish , English , Brazilian Portuguese , English [Original] , Italian

Subtitles:

Spanish , Brazilian Portuguese , English , Italian , Traditional Chinese , Thai , Romanian , Hungarian

Genres:

Drama, Romance, Sci-Fi

Release Date:

2014

Run Time:

1h37m

Maturity Rating:

mature thematic image and some sci-fi action/violence

After The Ruin, a colorless equalitarian society is formed without memories and everyone follows rules established by the Chief Elder and the Elders. The population uses drugs to stay happy and on the day of the graduation, the teenagers leave their childhood and are assigned to a career chosen by the Elders. Jonas lives with his parents and has two best friends, Fiona and Asher, and he feels different from his friends. He is assigned to be the Receiver of Memories and he is trained by his mentor, The Giver, who gives memories of the world before The Ruin. Jonas learns emotions such as love and fear and the concept of family. When he discovers that the baby Gabriel that he loves as a brother will be eliminated, he decides to change his society but the Chief Elder will do anything to stop him.

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