Review of The Giver (2014) by Mary O — 16 Nov 2014

This movie was not what I expected. It is definitely what I like to call in the "psych fi" genre, a movie that leaves you thinking about it and its moral implications for days after seeing it.

My daughter, a senior in high school, had just finished a simulation of a dictator-run government in Humanities class and so it fit perfectly with what she and I had discussed, and gave insight into what can happen when you trade "freedom" for "security".

I haven't read the book, but look forward to after seeing the movie. Jeff Bridges is amazing in this film.