The Gift

Not Every Gift Is Welcome.

A young married couple's life is going just as planned until a chance encounter with an acquaintance from high school sends their world into a harrowing tailspin. The man does not recognize his friend at first, but after a seemingly coincidental series of encounters and mysterious gifts prove troubling, a horrifying secret from their past is uncovered after nearly 20 years. As the wife learns the unsettling truth about what happened between the two men, she starts to question: how well do we really know the people closest to us, and are past bygones ever really bygones?

108 minutes.
No persons under 13 (Language).
Detective/Mystery, Thriller.

Not currently showing on the local cinema circuit.

It's your turn to come down the chimney this year!

Credits

Cast	Jason Bateman, Rebecca Hall, Joel Edgerton, Allison Tolman, Tim Griffin, Busy Philipps
Director	Joel Edgerton
Screenplay	Joel Edgerton
Music	Danny Bensi, Saunder Jurriaans
Cinematography	Eduard Grau
Editing	Luke Doolan
Sound formats	Dolby Digital, Datasat
Soundtrack	Available
Made in	2015
Produced by	Blue-Tongue Films, Blumhouse Productions

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Film and Publications Board (FPB) Report (SA)

Genre	Thriller
Language	Fairly frequent, moderate impact
Nudity	None
Sex	None
Violence	Infrequent, mild impact
Prejudice	None
Blasphemy	None
Drug abuse	None
Comments
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ScreenIt Report (USA)

Sex / Nudity	Violence	Blood / Gore / Gross
Guns / Weapons	Profanity	Alcohol / Drugs
Smoking	Disrespectful / Bad Attitude	Imitative Behaviour
Frightening / Tense Scenes	Jump Scenes	Tense Family Scenes
Music (Scary/Tense)	Music (Inappropriate)	Topics to talk about

CommonSenseMedia Report (USA)

Suggested age limit 16 +	Positive messages	Positive role models
Violence	Sex	Language
Consumerism	Drinking, drugs, smoking

Ratings

Scale (Max)	20
What the Critics say
Die Burger Paul Boekkooi Staal jou vir een van giftigste rillers vanjaar.	15
Cape Times Jon Frosch Unhealthy friendship.	15
ScreenIt Jim Judy The Gift is the sort of thriller that keeps on giving until the very end.	12
Metacritic.com 31 critics	15
Rottentomatoes critics 147 critics	15
Rottentomatoes tomatometer Tomatometer The Gift is wickedly smart and playfully subversive, challenging the audience's expectations while leaving them leaning on the edges of their seats.	19
Movie Review Query Engine MRQE critics	15
CommonSenseMedia Staff evaluation New twist on familiar thriller setup has tension, swearing.	15
What the People say
Metacritic.com users 281 users	17
Rottentomatoes users 44359 users	14
Internet 44861 Netizens The movie you didn't know you had to see this summer	14
Average .. 75%	15