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The Gift
2015 108 min Australia, United States of America R 18+
★7.2
Thriller, Mystery, Drama
Director: Joel Edgerton
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Description
Simon and Robyn 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.
Budget:
$5M
US Gross:
$43.79M
Worldwide:
$58.98M
Starring
Jason Bateman
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Rebecca Hall
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Joel Edgerton
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Awards
Saturn Awards 2016
— Best Thriller
Key opinion
Joel Edgerton’s directorial debut is widely regarded as a smart, tension-filled psychological thriller that successfully subverts genre tropes. While some critics point to minor logical inconsistencies or a slow start, the film is generally praised for its strong performances and morally complex narrative.
| Acting | The core trio of Joel Edgerton, Jason Bateman, and Rebecca Hall delivers strong, convincing performances that anchor the psychological tension. | |
| Direction | Edgerton demonstrates a masterful directorial debut by crafting atmospheric suspense that avoids reliance on cheap horror cliches. | |
| Screenplay | The screenplay is lauded for its intelligent subversion of stalker-thriller tropes and its exploration of moral ambiguity and past trauma. | |
| Pacing | The film's pacing is polarizing; many viewers appreciate the slow-burn atmospheric buildup, while others find the initial narrative speed to be sluggish or chaotic. | |
| Ending | Opinions on the ending are divided between those who find it a powerful, lasting, and unpredictable conclusion and those who view it as clunky or contradictory. |