Written and directed by Joel Edgerton. Starring Edgerton, Jason Bateman, Rebecca Hall, Allison Tolmin, Busy Phillips, David Denman, Tim Griffin, Beau Knapp, Wendall Pierce and P.J. Byrne.
Plot: a marriage is thrown into chaos when an aquaintance of the husbands brings a horrifying secret to light.
Simon (Bateman) and his wife, Robyn (Hall) move to California and immediately run into Gordo (Edgerton), who says he’s an old friend of Simon’s from school. A little creepily, Gordo starts dropping by all the time, bringing gifts and things to the couple. It bothers Simon, so Simon goes to talk to him about staying away and that’s when things start to get really strange.
I can tell you very little about the plot beyond this point in the movie because it would give too much away. What I can say though, is that I was dissapointed in Edgerton by the end of it. I understood his motive till the end and then it all sort of fell apart with one very malicious act.
Also, it wasn’t very horrific. It wasn’t even very thrilling. It was just sort of, sick. I honestly don’t completely know what to do with this movie. I mean, the cast was great and the story was compelling up to a point, but it wasn’t fun and not a movie I need to see again.
I suppose I could list my favorite movies here, but instead I'll give you a strange glimpse into what makes me TaraRomero.
1. I love comic books. I'm particularly into anything X-Men related and everything Harley Quinn.
2. My celebrity crush is Chris Evans (AKA Captain America). He's even more political than I am and he's not afraid to show it, plus he's really, really hot.
3. I love baseball and more importantly the Boston Red Sox, even though I've never even been to Boston. LOL
4. If I won the lottery tomorrow, after paying off my debts, I'd buy a smallish house somewhere in Southern California. I have got to get out of Texas.
5. My cartoon hero is Tina Belcher. Her and I share a soul.
6. I've been rescuing dogs since I was a teenager and firmly believe that fur babies belong inside and on the furniture.
7. I'm very much addicted to Hallmark Channel. I love their sappy movies, especially the Christmas ones.
8. I have 2 tattoos. An "E" on my ankle for my first lost fur baby. And a ladybug on my wrist named George after George Romero told me he liked it. May he RIP.
9. I'm a bit of a night owl. Not that I go out a lot, it's just that I prefer to be up at night and asleep during the day. I'm a vampire like that.
10. I have an unhealthy relationship with potato chips. My favorite are Herr's Sour Cream & Onion.
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2 thoughts on “The Gift (2015)”
Totally agree! It was very intense and then somehow just fell apart. We didn’t hate it, but was disappointed at the end of the movie.
Totally agree! It was very intense and then somehow just fell apart. We didn’t hate it, but was disappointed at the end of the movie.
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I just wish that his “revenge” hadn’t hurt Robyn too.
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