The Gift

The Gift

2015 film by Joel Edgerton
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The Gift (VI) (2015)

R | 108 min | Mystery, Thriller | 7 August 2015 (USA)

A young married couple's lives are thrown into a harrowing tailspin when an acquaintance from the husband's past brings mysterious gifts and a horrifying secret to light after more than 20 years.

Simon and Robyn are a young married couple whose life is going just as planned until a chance encounter with an acquaintance from Simon's high school sends their world into a harrowing tailspin. Simon doesn't recognize Gordo at first, but after a series of uninvited encounters and mysterious gifts prove troubling, a horrifying secret from the past is uncovered after more than 20 years. As Robyn learns the unsettling truth about what happened between Simon and Gordo, she starts to question: how well do we really know the people closest to us, and are past bygones ever really bygones? Written by STX Entertainment

Director: Joel Edgerton

Writer: Joel Edgerton

Stars: Jason Bateman, Rebecca Hall, Joel Edgerton

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt4178092/?ref_=nm_flmg_act_5

Synopsis by Daniel Gelb

Written and directed by Joel Edgerton, The Gift centers around a young married couple Simon (Jason Bateman) and Robyn (Rebecca Hall). Simon has a chance encounter with a former acquaintance, the off-kilter Gordo (Edgerton), who begins to surprise the couple with unwanted and increasingly menacing gifts. Eventually, Gordo also reveals a hidden secret from Simon's past and throws the couple's lives into a tailspin.

http://www.allmovie.com/movie/the-gift-v628932

The Gift is a 2015 American-Australian psychological thriller film written, produced, and directed by Joel Edgerton, making his directorial debut. The film stars Jason Bateman and Rebecca Hall as a couple intimidated by a figure from their past played by Edgerton. It was released in the United States on August 7, 2015, by STX Entertainment.

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  • July 30, 2015 (2015-07-30) (L.A. Live)
  • August 7, 2015 (2015-08-07) (United States)
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108 minutes
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$59 million

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Ron: Normally, friendships grow organically. And if they don't serve both parties, they just kind of dissipate. Simon: Yeah, that'd be great. Ron: What you're talking about is, you know, an asymmetric thing. A one-sided friendship? I mean, essentially you're being forced into a breakup.
  • When Simon and Robyn return home and find their fish dead and their dog missing, plainclothes officers come to their house. In reality, uniform officers respond first to these kinds of calls (especially a missing dog/dead fish call) and if more evidence needed to be reported, detectives would then follow up later.
  • Joel Edgerton and Jason Bateman were in Smokin' Aces (2006) together as well
  • Three actors in this movie have also all starred in Horrible Bosses together (2011). Jason Bateman,Wendell Pierce and P.J Byrne
  • Joel Edgerton not only directed and starred in this movie, he also wrote the script.
  • Gordon gives a total of eleven "gifts" throughout the film, depending on your interpretation. The bottle of wine, the fish, fish food, the apology letter, Mr. Jangles returned (if you believe Gordon did in fact steal him), the baby carrier, the key, CD, DVD implying Gordon may have impregnated Robyn, the baby (if you believe Gordon is the father), and the Apocolypse Now DVD.

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