The Giver
The Giver (2014) A Review by Grant Kanigan Directed by: Phillip Noyce Written by: Michael Mitnick & Robert B. Weide, adapted from Lois Lowry's novel Starring: Brenton Thwaites, Jeff Bridges, Meryl Streep, Alexander Skarsgård, Katie Holmes, Taylor Swift Rating: PG Release Date: August 15th 2014 Jeff Bridges and Brenton Thwaites in The Giver © 2014 - The Weinstein Company Too often in Hollywood, ambitious ideas are anchored down by a multitude of factors; a minuscule budget, actors who are difficult to work with, creative differences or inexperienced technical workers behind the camera. Films like Southland Tales, the Postman , and even The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus were all ambitious ideas that could have been ground-breaking classics, but were thrown off track by the perils of collaboration. While it does have more positive factors than negative ones, the Giver suffers the same shortcomings. Based on