The Giver (film)

The Giver is a 2014 CanadianAmericanSouth African social science fiction drama film directed by Phillip Noyce, produced by Neil Koenigsberg, Nikki Silver and Walden Media, written by Michael Mitnick and Robert B. Weide with music by Marco Beltrami and based on the 1993 novel of same name by Lois Lowry. The film stars Brenton Thwaites, Odeya Rush, Jeff Bridges, Meryl Streep, Alexander Skarsgrd, Katie Holmes, Cameron Monaghan and Taylor Swift. The Giver premiered on August 11, 2014 and was released theatrically in the United States on August 15, 2014 by The Weinstein Company to generally mixed reviews. The film earned 67 million on amillion budget. It received a Peoples Choice Award nomination for Favorite Dramatic Movie.

Jonas is a 16yearold boy who is anxious about the career he will be assigned along with everyone else. He has two best friends Asher and Fiona.On the day of graduation, everyone is assigned a career. Jonas is briefly skipped, as he has not been assigned a career. Instead, Jonas is to become the next Receiver of Memory, and progressively receive memories from the past receiver, The Giver. Upon assuming his role as The Receiver, Jonas learns of the Givers past and of his child, Rosemary. She preceded Jonas as Receiver of Memory, and was so distraught from the memories that she committed suicide, by what the Community calls releasing. They regard its nature as mysterious the audience learns that it is death by lethal injection. Jonas begins to teach his findings to his friend Fiona, with whom he decides to share the idea of emotions. Fiona, who is unable to fully comprehend the idea of emotion, is unsure how she feels. Jonas then kisses Fiona, an action which is antiquated and unknown to the community, which Jonas gained through memory. ........

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