UPDATE: You can now see the full review HERE on OUaT!!!
The Giver
Release Date: August 15th 2014
Studio: Weinstein Company
Director: Phillip Noyce
Writers: Micheal Mitnick, Robert B. Weide, Lois Lowry (novel)
Main Cast: Jeff Bridges, Brenton Thwaites, Meryl Streep, Odeya Rush, Alexander Skarsgård, Katie Holmes, Cameron Monaghan, Taylor Swift, Emma Tremblay
The haunting story of THE GIVER centers on Jonas (Brenton Thwaites), a young man who lives in a seemingly ideal, if colorless, world of conformity and contentment. Yet as he begins to spend time with The Giver (Jeff Bridges), who is the sole keeper of all the community’s memories, Jonas quickly begins to discover the dark and deadly truths of his community’s secret past. With this newfound power of knowledge, he realizes that the stakes are higher than imagined – a matter of life and death for himself and those he loves most. At extreme odds, Jonas knows that he must escape their world to protect them all – a challenge that no one has ever succeeded at before. THE GIVER is based of Lois Lowry’s beloved young adult novel of the same name, which was the winner of the 1994 Newbery Medal and has sold over 10 millions copies worldwide.I was invited to an advance screening of The Giver this week and so excited that I was already back from vacation and wouldn't be missing it. So with my husband and moth run tow, we went to go see The Giver. LOVED LOVED LOVED. Let me just tell you its one of my favorite movies this year.
Here is a piece from my full review that posted over on RedCarpetEndings.com:
"The Giver is a film that was due for our generation to be able to witness. If you read Lois Lowry’s novel years ago then you know exactly what I mean with the comment. The message that you walk away with after seeing The Giver leaves you feeling renewed and ready for a change. Our lives nowadays are busy with school, work and family that we forget to just admire what is around us and enjoy it. So we get careless or lazy. The Giver will inspire anyone that views the movie to look at the world around us again but with new eyes."
To read the full review, just click here to be taken to RCE. I recommend everyone to go see this film.
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I read the book years ago. I've since gone back and listened to the audio and picked up the other books set in the same world. Can't wait to see the movie. I love Jeff Bridges and I think he will be the perfect casting for this movie.
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