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     Jeff Bridges

     The Giver
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     Meryl Streep

     Chief Elder
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     Brenton Thwaites

     Jonas
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     Alexander Skarsgård

     Father
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     Katie Holmes

     Mother
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     Taylor Swift

     Rosemary

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   Is the giver based on a true story?

   • The Giver, based on the Newbery Award-winning book by Lois Lowry, is a sci-fi meditation on what it means to be alive. We’ll plumb that concept a little more in the conclusion to this review, but for now, let’s turn our attention to Jonas—a guy whose eyes have been opened to the true depth and breadth of life for the first time.

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   What does the giver know about the community?

   • The Giver, for example, also knows that the Community is in an unhealthy place and does what he can to help Jonas set things on a better track. Specifically, at the core of this story and at the core of the Community is the issue of euthanasia.

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   What happened to memories in 'the giver'?

   • Memories are gone, too, in "The Giver". One person in the Community is chosen to be "The Receiver" of a collective memory, memories of now-extinct experiences like love and war and sex and pain.

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   What is Jonas' life like in 'the giver'?

   • Jonas (Brenton Thwaites) lives in a seemingly idyllic world of conformity and contentment. When he begins to spend time with The Giver (Jeff Bridges), an old man who is the sole keeper of the community's memories, Jonas discovers the dangerous truths of his community's secret past.

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3. www.imdb.com › title › tt0435651The Giver (2014) - Plot - IMDb

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   Summaries. In a seemingly perfect community without war, pain, suffering, differences or choices, a young boy is chosen to learn from an elderly man, the true pain and pleasure of the "real" world. A youth named Jonas lives in an equalized, colorless, but pleasant society with no knowledge of love or pain.

4. www.rogerebert.com › reviews › the-giver-2014The Giver movie review & film summary (2014) | Roger Ebert

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   Aug 15, 2014 · Directed by Phillip Noyce, with an adaptation of the book by Michael Mitnick, "The Giver" gives us the overall structure of Lowry's original work, adds a couple of understandable details like a sweet little romance and then derails into an action movie in its final sequence, complete with attacks from the air and a hi-tech command center ...

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6. www.rottentomatoes.com › m › the_giverThe Giver | Rotten Tomatoes

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   Aug 15, 2014 · When he begins to spend time with The Giver (Jeff Bridges), an old man who is the sole keeper of the community's memories, Jonas discovers the dangerous truths of his community's secret past.

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   • Director: Phillip Noyce

   • Content Rating: PG-13
   • Actors: Jeff Bridges

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7. www.npr.org › 2014/08/14 › 340167662Movie Review: 'The Giver' : NPR

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   Aug 14, 2014 · Movie Review: 'The Giver' The film adaptation of Lois Lowry's 1993 novel clearly owes a debt to many other stories for teens and adults, and it struggles to find anything new to say.

8. www.pluggedin.com › movie-reviews › giverThe Giver - Plugged In

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   Aug 15, 2014 · PG-13. Drama, Romance, Sci-Fi/Fantasy. Content Caution. Medium. Light. Credits. In Theaters. August 15, 2014. Cast. Brenton Thwaites as Jonas; Jeff Bridges as The Giver; Odeya Rush as Fiona; Meryl Streep as Chief Elder; Alexander Skarsgård as Father; Katie Holmes as Mother; Cameron Monaghan as Asher; Emma Tremblay as Lily; Taylor Swift as Rosemary.

   • Director: Phillip Noyce

9. thecriticalcritics.com › movie_review-the_giverMovie Review: The Giver (2014) - The Critical Movie Critics

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   The Giver, based off of the Lois Lowry Newbery Medal-winning, young adult novel of the same name, follows Jonas (Brenton Thwaites, “ Maleficent ”), a boy of 18 (12 in the book) who is graduating from a program in a creepy commune-like land and is ready to earn a role with the adults.

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    Synopsis. "As 18 year-old Jonas navigates the Community, he begins to see the true pain in life: death; warfare; hunger. His drugged, emotionless, dull society 's dims are finally taken off his eyes. Jonas becomes an adult and is selected by the Community to become a Receiver of Memory.