The Worst Film Ever

Don't listen to the negative reviews

I like movies that are aware of what they are selling... without [any] greater aspirations than to make people laugh and that's it.

There are moments in this movie where the great movie it could've been peek out... They're fleeting, here, but they're worth savoring, and they happen often enough to make it worth your while.

That is time I will never get back. Starts well, then quickly become a terrible waste of film.

Another adaptation of a young adult book, and yet another film filled with mediocrity. It's not terrible, it's not good...it's just fine. A "perfect" society living in solitude incapable of feeling emotion, until a young boy is chosen to be "the receiver of memories". This entails exploring humanity's past to which he then soon realises that he is living in a falsified world. It's an intriguing yet superficial premise which details the glorious aspects of the human world and the harsh reality of war, famine etc. An artificial community created to prevent bloodshed and the capability of an imperfect world. Think of it as 'Equilibrium' meets 'Twilight'. There's a dull young romance, monotonous acting and an expositional script, much like the latter film, but with an inventive premise like the former. The production design felt rather clinical, I appreciated the futuristic architecture and dystopian rituals that were included in this paradise. The generational hierarchy was a clear indication towards the acting. Streep and Bridges gave their best with the material given, Holmes and Skarsgard were second best and then we come to Thwaites and Rush who were monotonous much like the monochromatic colour scheme. The colour gradient was put to good use, slowly incorporating pigments as our main character is introduced to memories. Taylor Swift is in it for ten seconds, no idea why. Heck, I didn't even recognise her at first. The script was just bad, filled with exposition and no character development at all. The editing was far too frantic with a concoction of quick cuts. Also the ending...what even was that? Is that really a conclusion? Really? It literally makes no sense. So despite the non-sensical finale, mediocre acting and dull script...it's not all bad. Just wasted potential I guess, but I'm used to that with these young adult adaptations. Might be the first film to use both "giver" and "receiver"...giggity...

So, I had to watch this movie because of a school project after reading the book and have to say, I was amazed at the awfulness. The effects weren't ... that bad, I have to admit. My biggest complaints are the script and the actors. The book is kinda strange but it has a few very important emotional scenes that were either skipped completely or that were delivered so badly I wanted to chuck my phone at the screen. Okay, you may say that the people in this movie are supposed to have no real emotions and that's fine! But if you deliver these 'emotional' scenes without ever showing a reaction from the one guy having emotions (Thwaites) then that's just idiotic. The movie was chaotic, sometimes we all just sat there and frowned at the screen. There were a few 'twists' in the movie that were painfully obvious even if they didn't happen in the book. The few good (experienced) actors that were in this thing were apparently determined to deliver their worst performance yet. The main characters' (Thwaites and the love-interest) acting was so painful I could barely stand to watch it. Thwaites always had this look of vague awe on his face even if it didn't fit. The love-interest's actress was one of those actresses where they are completely unremarkable. One thing however stood out. Their laughter sounded so fake it hurt!Another major problem I have with this movie is 'the Giver'. Somehow, every scene with him and Thwaites has this sexual vibe going on which is really sickening if you consider the fact Thwaites' supposed to be sixteen in this and 'the Giver's about sixty. It really creeped us all out. In conclusion (because I have to cut this short) it's awful. Don't watch it.

My class read this book together in sixth grade. Most of the kids enjoyed it quite a bit, actually. It made us all think about how "perfection" isn't always perfect. After we finished the book, we were all excited because we were watching the movie together as a class. When the movie first started, I was already disappointed because all of the main characters (Jonas, Fiona, and Asher) seemed a few years older than the "twelves" that they are in the book.Honestly this already annoyed me because the book had a lot more innocence solely because they were still just kids. But whatever, only a 1 minor change, right? WRONG. After that, the next day in the movie is already graduation. The first few chapters were all leading up to the graduation in the book, but now in the movie it takes all of getting to know Jonas's character exposition and rushes straight to the graduation without really explaining anything. The rest of the movie was a BORE. In the movie it tries to change it into pretty much everyone hating Jonas and thinking he's some terrible person. But in the book it shows the emotion that Jonas is going through while receiving the memories, instead of focusing on some stupid hero vs. villain plot. Honestly, if I had never read the book I doubt I'd have any idea what was really going on. I don't know, this movie really should have just kept to itself. It's too thought provoking to go to Hollywood. It could've been great, but was instead mediocre.