The read
Audiences rate it 17 points higher than critics do. Most of the 6,933 2010s drama movies in this catalog score higher.
Synopsis
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.
Ratings
IMDb6.4/10
Rotten Tomatoes34%
Metacritic47/100
Audiences rate it 17 points higher than critics do.
4,704 audience votes
Key crew
- Phillip NoyceDirector
- Michael MitnickScreenplay
- Robert B. WeideScreenplay
- Marco BeltramiOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Jeff BridgesThe Giver
- Meryl StreepChief Elder
- Brenton ThwaitesJonas
- Alexander SkarsgårdFather
- Katie HolmesMother
- Odeya RushFiona
- Cameron MonaghanAsher
- Taylor SwiftRosemary
- Emma TremblayLily
- Alexander JillingsGabriel 12 Months
- James JillingsGabriel 12 Months
- Jordan Nicholas SmalGabriel 3 Months
Stills
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Themes
new lovebased on novel or bookdystopiaanti conformitymemoryalternative realitycolor2040sbased on young adult novel