![]() ![]() ![]() You can decide for yourself if The Giver movie adaptation was a great success or a total flop! According to a review by Rotten Tomatoes, which gave the movie a disappointing two out of five stars, “Phillip Noyce directs The Giver with visual grace, but the movie doesn’t dig deep enough into the classic source material’s thought-provoking ideas.” While producing The Giver movie, Noyce made slight changes to the story in order to adapt it to the big screen and apply to mainstream audiences.ĭid these changes actually subtract from the moral lessons The Giver novel teaches? For the movie’s eight year anniversary, here’s a closer look at where the book and movie differ. However, critics believe that the movie’s failure lies much deeper than its competition. Two box office sensations- Guardians of the Galaxy and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles– were released around the same time, advertising to the same young adult audience. ![]() Part of this small figure is due to the steep competition The Giver faced while in theaters. Although Lowry attempted to assure audiences that the movie “brought to a new level,” The Giver made a limp $12.8 million debut. As popular as Lowry’s novel was, The Giver film was a flop in the box office. ![]()
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