The Giver

The Giver, 2014. A boy from a future society where no one has emotions gets memories from the past.

Directed by Phillip Noyce. Written by Michael Mitnick, & Robert B. Weide, based on a book by Lois Lowry. Starring Brenton Thwaites, with Jeff Bridges, Meryl Streep, Alexander Skarsgård, Katie Holmes, Odeya Rush, & Cameron Monaghan.

Concept: C
Story: D
Characters: D
Dialog: C
Pacing: C
Cinematography: C
Special effects/design: It bothers me maybe a little too much that people who can't see color dye their clothing. C
Acting: C
Music: C
Enjoyment: For the first two thirds or so it's an okay movie - a little flimsy in the suspension of disbelief department, and lacking in anything to make you care about it, but it has some promising ideas. Once the action gets going, it turns out to have nowhere to go, and the whole thing falls apart. C

GPA: 1.8/4