A young married couples lives are thrown into a harrowing tailspin when an acquaintance from the husbands past brings mysterious gifts and a horrifying secret to. The gift is a thriller, with plenty of scaremoments, but the fear unleashed is mainly psychological. The gift 2015 monkey filming ending scene duration. Simon has a chance encounter with a former acquaintance, the offkilter gordo edgerton, who begins to surprise the couple with unwanted and increasingly menacing gifts. A married couple named simon and robyn played by bateman and rebecca hall move back to a small town in california. The ending wouldnt have the punch it is intended to have if there were no doubt. The gift is a surprisingly original psychological thriller from actor turn director joel edgerton. It does comes as a surprise that robyn didnt simply faint and that gordo drugs her and perhaps even has his way with her. He even tapes this and only till a point after which we cant say what happens. It seemed gordos whole plot was to get revenge by starting a rumor just like he did to him as a kid.
Aug, 2015 i think they were trying to indicate that he did not rape her. The disaster for simon is not look at this poor sap, so clueless about how womens bodies work that he doesnt realize that his wife cannot have been raped and impregnated secretly. The film stars jason bateman and rebecca hall as a couple intimidated by a figure from simons past played by edgerton. The gift is a very creepy movie with great acting from its leads and has an original, jawdropping twist ending that left me thinking for days after i left the theater. Written and directed by joel edgerton, the gift centers around a young married couple simon jason bateman and robyn rebecca hall. The gifts ending drops a huge question as to whether or not the baby born to jason batemans simon and. The most intriguing section of the gift forces us to look at a character we have believed to be a victim as a villain. With jason bateman, rebecca hall, joel edgerton, allison tolman.
A majority of filming took place at a home in the hollywood hills neighborhood, where stx entertainment also held promotional interviews for the film. If thats the case, it would mean the character we are certain is a villain is actually a victim. Everything you need to know about the gift movie 2015. Your guide to the latest plot twists and surprise endings, now playing at a theater near you. While gordos actions and intentions seem highly disturbing, by the end we learn key information that may reverse our sympathies. Starring jason bateman, rebecca hall, joel edgerton, david denham, busy philipps, alison tolman, katie aselton, beau knapp and wendell pierce. Ending spoiler for the gift 2000, plus mistakes, quotes, trivia and more. The gifts ending is a grievous misstep, and i wonder if its not the reason why the movie has been relegated to the dog days of august. Suspense movies are a favorite of mine as well as character studies and that psycho drama type thing. More from mike reyes tom cruises space movie with elon musk has taken a big step forward.
The gift is a 2015 american psychological horror thriller film written, coproduced, and directed by joel edgerton in his feature directorial debut, and coproduced by jason blum and rebecca yeldham. And yet, once the opening weekend had passed, it became clear that the gift s ending was striking a seriously sour note with some critics and viewers, in some cases turning what had. There were 9 other movies released on the same date, including the fantastic four, ricki and the flash and shaun the sheep movie. Watch an exclusive alternate ending to the gift, one of the. In the gift 2015, married couple robyn rebecca hall and simon. The gift takes the disgusting trope of hurting a woman to make a man feel something to a vile new. Aug 12, 2015 the gifts ending is a grievous misstep, and i wonder if its not the reason why the movie has been relegated to the dog days of august. The movies audience seems to be split on the matter. Opening last weekend as a b genre movie snugly scheduled as counterprogramming to fantastic four and countercounterprogramming to ricki and the flash, joel edgertons feature directorial debut. The gift uses the tricks of the thriller trade well, but why it really works is that it withholds the necessary information until almost the very end. Yes, he drugged her and raped because he liked her and he somehow knew that she wanted a baby which her husband could not. Aug 12, 2015 the gift does seem to believe that its an open question, who the father of robyns baby is. Edgerton writes and directs a chilling movie that is original on its take on the genre. The gift does seem to believe that its an open question, who the father of robyns baby is.
In the gift 2015, married couple robyn rebecca hall and simon callem jason bateman are persistently visited by the seemingly menacing gordo joel edgerton, simons former classmate. I saw this movie today, thought it was well done and enjoyed it a lot. The gift is similar to cape fear, or fatal attraction, or, in another way, the night of the hunter in that it shows a family unit threatened by an outside force usually an individual with an ax to grind. Movie plot ending explained the gift stars jason bateman from hancock, rebecca hall from vicky cristina barcelona and joel edgerton. Interpreting joel edgertons the gift jonathan eig august 9, 2015 whenever a firsttime writer director creates a finelycrafted and satisfying psychological thriller, as joel edgerton has done with the gift, there is cause to celebrate. Dec 05, 2017 so what better day to revisit krampus, trick r treat director michael doughertys 2015 film that is, and likely will forever be, the beall, endall krampus movie. The gift s twist ending should make anyone whos vaguely sensitive to the way women are portrayed in media want to bash their heads against a wall. Ive seen other movies with rebecca hall as she is just gorgeous and very talented. The visit 610 movie clip those arent your grandparents 2015 hd duration. I like movies with a story to them and less special effects. Principal photography began on january 19, 2015, and ended on february 20, 2015. The gift 2015 when married couple simon jason bateman and robyn rebecca hall unexpectedly encounter gordo joel edgerton, an acquaintance from simons past, little do they know that their. The woman in black 2 angels of death jurassic world star wars. The gift is terrifying, but not because its a horror movie.
A plot analysis and explanation of the ending of the film the gift. We provide 2015 movie release dates, cast, posters, trailers and ratings. Aug 07, 2015 a young married couples lives are thrown into a harrowing tailspin when an acquaintance from the husbands past brings mysterious gifts and a horrifying secret to light after more than 20 years. The gift 2015 r 1h 48m mind game thrillers newly relocated to california, a man bumps into a former classmate who seems friendly at first, but is soon revealed to be nursing a murderous grudge. The gift stars jason bateman from hancock, rebecca hall from vicky cristina barcelona and joel edgerton.
In the ending of the gift, gordo reveals his final gift to simon and. Aug 07, 2015 even if the gift, the australian director joel edgertons creepy stalker thriller, didnt make a dramatic uturn at around the halfway point, it would still rank as a superior specimen. Jul 22, 2015 the sins of the highschool cafeteria come home to roost in the gift, a coolly unsettling thriller that begins as an unironic homage to late80searly90s yuppiesinperil dramas like. Surprising because the trailer made the movie look a bit cliched and common, however the writing, directing, and the performances were all very sharp. A young married couples lives are thrown into a harrowing tailspin when an acquaintance from the husbands past brings mysterious gifts and a horrifying secret to light after more than 20 years. A great thriller almost ruined by a terrible ending. The gifts ending drops a huge question as to whether or not the baby born to jason batemans simon and rebecca halls robyn was fathered by robyns husband, or.
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