The Giver (PG-13)

Quicklook Rating★½
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synopsis

The haunting story of THE GIVER centers on Jonas, 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, 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.

MovieGoer Review

At the heart of any dystopian story - be it about warring farm animals, omnipresent elder siblings, or colorless societies wherein pain and inequality have been all but eradicated - there is meant to be something human. Something that shine... MORE

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synopsis

The haunting story of THE GIVER centers on Jonas, 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, 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.

MovieGoer Review

At the heart of any dystopian story - be it about warring farm animals, omnipresent elder siblings, or colorless societies wherein pain and inequality have been all but eradicated - there is meant to be something human. Something that shine... MORE