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’ who would give Jonas memories of the “real” world that the rest of the community is hidden from. From the Giver, Jonas learns not only of love and family, but also of pain, war, and all the unhappy truths the world holds. He quickly realizes that his community is fake. Confronted with this reality, Jonas faces difficult choices about his own life and the futures of many people he’s become close to.
Starring:
Jeff Bridges
Meryl Streep
Brenton Thwaites
Cameron Monaghan
Odeya Rush
Alexander Skarsgård
Katie Holmes
Taylor Swift
For me, the whole thought of the situation the people in this community would haunt me. Not knowing anything other than what your told, even taking injections every morning to stop emotions and not even to know colours or how the world used to be. And as a viewer I understood what Jonas was going through and as the movie goes on you feel his anguish for the people pf the community to know the truth. The overall performance of the cast is excellent and this movie is very good, and definitely worth a watch.
Rating: 7.8/10
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