Really enjoyable movie and it wasn't too long either. Plus it was suspenseful with great acting; though Jeff Bridges over did the growly mumble voice.
He was the Giver in this film which was adapted from a young adult novel written many years ago. Bridges optioned it and wanted his dad to play the Giver but Lloyd died and Jeff had trouble getting the money guys interested in the film until now.
The society that is the backdrop of the movie is a monochrome city with everything and everyone looking and acting the same. everyone took daily injections so they wouldn't question anything plus it dampened any feelings that would arise. The reason for this was the elders plus The Teacher's (Meryl Streep) belief that pain and war and poverty and torture would be eliminated if emotions were erased and if there was no competition between everyone; if everyone wore the same clothes and had no religion and obeyed the same laws etc. etc. there would be no
DIFFERENT
to rebel against or to be jealous about.
This also meant no one had any memories of how things used to be except for the Giver who every so often would give the collective memories over to a Receiver. However, in the film the receipt of those memories to the Receiver had unintended consequences for the community.
So the message in the movie was that this new society was NOT better than the old and when one takes away all pain and difficulty, one also takes away compassion and love and joy.
We both rated it an 8.
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