The Giver is a 2014 American dystopian drama film directed by Phillip Noyce and starring Jeff Bridges, Brenton Thwaites, Odeya Rush, Meryl Streep, Alexander Skarsgård, Katie Holmes, Cameron Monaghan, Taylor Swift, and Emma Tremblay.

Following a calamity referred to as "the Ruin", society has been reorganized, taking away any sense of emotion, good or bad.

Receiver of Memory and his protégé are the only people able to see in color, which is otherwise eliminated from the community to prevent envy.

During his training with the Giver, Jonas gradually learns about the past and about joy, pain, death, and love.

Those who leave the community are said to have been "Released to Elsewhere", but Jonas learns that to be a euphemism for murder by lethal injection.

He develops a close relationship with Gabriel upon discovering that they share a birthmark, the mark of a potential Receiver of Memory, and both can see in color.

Appalled by the deception of his community and the Elders' disregard for human life, Jonas comes to believe that everyone should have memories of the past.

Jonas retrieves Gabriel, who is to be Released for having failed to meet a developmental marker at the Nurturing Center.

Asher is assigned by the Chief Elder to use a drone to find Jonas and "Lose" him (another euphemism for murder).

[5] Meryl Streep had some of her scenes shot in England, where she was also filming Rob Marshall's Into the Woods.

[11] On July 11, 2014, it was announced that The Weinstein Company and Walden Media would be teaming up with Fathom Events to stream the red carpet premiere to more than 250 theaters in the US on August 11, four days before its official release.

The website's consensus reads: "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.