The Gift

Huayi Brothers Media | Release Date: August 7, 2015

8.3	USER SCORE Universal acclaim based on 565 Ratings

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alcorAug 8, 2015

This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. This movie was sold as a psychological thriller and reviewed as a breath of fresh air. I went out to see it and was disappointed. Simple logic unravels the plot points and all of the characters are unlikable.

***Spoilers to follow***

The final 'zing' ending doesn't survive the idiot test as the 'weirdo' character leaves all sorts of actionable evidence that he has committed multiple crimes. The bully who gets zinged was not bad enough so the writer manufactured a side plot where he secretly sabotaged someone else - yet didn't show it (as if it was manufactured via re-shoot after screen tests). The flawed wife character is easily corrupted to the core via her naivety, yet is sold as sympathetic.

This movie doesn't survive simple logic such as:
1. Why doesn't the weirdo use a cell phone to call ahead? (He has one at the end.)
2. The wife is a pill popping, easily manipulated, nut job. Why should we care what she thinks?
3. They bought a million dollar home in the Hollywood Hills on one income and the husband needs a promotion that badly?
4. The two characters in conflict went to high school 3000 miles away from Los Angeles, meet by chance (one in a million event), then the husband's bosses came from the same high school 3000 miles away, AND the husband's friend from high school(that's 3000 miles away) also lives in L.A.. (I'm curious how professional movie reviewers missed this one.)
5. The end of the movie completely falls apart because the weirdo character left material evidence that he was breaking and entering, intimated he'd committed a rape, and broke into someone else's house to host a dinner party.… Expand

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TheKavehJAug 9, 2015

There were so many rave reviews for The Gift, I thought how can I not love it. But after I exited the theatre, I realized how awful it was. The Gift spends so much time trying to build up that it doesn't keep you on the edge of your seat, itThere were so many rave reviews for The Gift, I thought how can I not love it. But after I exited the theatre, I realized how awful it was. The Gift spends so much time trying to build up that it doesn't keep you on the edge of your seat, it keeps you relaxed with your eyes closed.… Expand

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Toten79Jul 29, 2020

I feel like I´m in the Twilight Zone here... "Psychological thriller"! This is one insanely boring, predictable pile of garbage! As soon as she pass out, I immediately figured out what would the ONLY possible outcome was to shoot that scene:I feel like I´m in the Twilight Zone here... "Psychological thriller"! This is one insanely boring, predictable pile of garbage! As soon as she pass out, I immediately figured out what would the ONLY possible outcome was to shoot that scene: Gordo Jr. So, I had to wait 40 minutes of long, pointless scenes revolving on the bad choices Simon made when he was a teenager.... To an ending so bland that I almost puke. Won´t watch any more movies with high scores here.… Expand

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