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The Gift

The Gift

The Gift

The Gift

R
1h 48m
2015

Certified Fresh

91%

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age 16+

Jason Bateman, Joel Edgerton, and Rebecca Hall star in a chilling psychological thriller that asks the question, "Can you really go through life having never wronged anyone?" Simon (Bateman) and Robyn (Hall) are a young married couple whose life is going as planned until a chance run-in with Simon's high school acquaintance sends their world into a tailspin. At first Simon doesn't recognize Gordo (Edgerton), but after a series of uninvited encounters and mysterious gifts prove troubling, a horrifying secret from the past is uncovered after more than 20 years. As Robyn learns the unsettling truth about what happened between Simon and Gordo, she starts to contemplate: how well do we really know those closest to us, and are bygones ever really bygones?

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Producer:

Jason Blum, Rebecca Yeldham, Joel Edgerton

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Cast:

Jason Bateman, Rebecca Hall, Joel Edgerton

© 2015 Universal Studios. All Rights Reserved.

Extras

Deleted Scenes w/ Introduction

Deleted Scenes w/o Introduction

Alternate Ending w/ Introduction

Alternate Ending w/o Introduction

Rotten Tomatoes® Score

TOMATOMETER®

Certified Fresh

91%

Critics Consensus: The Gift is wickedly smart and playfully subversive, challenging the audience's expectations while leaving them leaning on the edges of their seats.

Reviews

Fresh

A chilling psychological thriller that leaves us with a genuinely unsettling ending.

Battleship Pretension

Rotten

Even more unfortunately, after having seemingly committed to a darker, more psychological and more character-focused direction, [it] returns to basic schlock in the overblown and credulity straining finale...

January 14, 2021

Fresh

The Gift is a commendable, character-driven genre film and we look forward to more from Edgerton as actor and director.

October 20, 2020

KCCI (Des Moines, IA)

Fresh

[A] finely-tuned, multi-layered, creepy-as-all-get-out thriller...[with] a tension that builds and builds to one gut-punch of a finale.

Fresh

It's so well put together, so expertly paced with pitch perfect tone and style that I was on the edge of my seat the entire way through.

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age 16+

Common Sense Says

New twist on familiar thriller setup has tension, swearing.

What Parents Need to Know

Parents need to know that The Gift is a thriller that offers a new twist on the frequently used "psychotic intruder" formula (The Boy Next Door, etc.). While there's plenty of tension, violence is limited to a brief fight, a slap, arguing, dead fish in a pond, and one quick jump-scare. Frequent strong language includes several uses of "f--k," "a--hole," "bitch," and "s--t." A husband and wife kiss and touch, and there are some brief sexual innuendoes/references. Characters drink fairly frequently, but always in social occasions (twice, it seems like people have had a bit too much). Reference is made to a character's former drug problems; she steals and takes a prescription pill from a neighbor. The movie addresses bullying and its long-term impact.

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Additional Info

Genre:Thriller
Release Date:August 7, 2015
Languages:English
Captions:English
Audio Format:
5.1
Screen Pass Eligible:Yes

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