Description
This Movie Guide is based on the 2014 film, The Giver, directed by Phillip Noyce, and starring Meryl Streep, Jeff Bridges, Brenton Thwaites, Alexander Skarsgård, Katie Holmes, and Taylor Swift.
Students can appreciate the film and analyze the extent to which the movie stays faithful to or departs from the original text, evaluating the choices made by the director. Answer key included.
This movie analysis packet works perfectly at the end of a novel study for The Giver by Lois Lowry.
Students will also have an opportunity to share their opinions on casting choices and adaptation decisions.
The film is 1 hour and 37 minutes in length.