A young boy is picked to study about the agony and glee of the physical world from an ancient man named The Giver. He swiftly comprehends that his community is make-believe. So he has to make some tough decisions about his present and future life.
A seriously flawed adaptation of a wonderful book that tries to focus too heavily on elements best left to more recent post-apocalyptic adventures instead of the bittersweet agony of Lois Lowry's original story.
Noyce tries to thread the needle by hewing close to his source material while peppering in some grander-scale sci-fi business to keep things moving. It doesn't remotely work.
