One fine day Joel Edgerton a friend from high school greets them at the local supermarket. He's just gotten a promotion at work and she becomes pregnant with their first. Yuppie couple Jason Bateman and Rebecca Hall see to have a nice lock on the American dream. Reviewed by bkoganbing 7 / 10 Blast from the past Watch this creepy fun movie, I recommend it. I think it's over 2/3 of the way through before the typical stalker thriller stuff ends and you get into the genius of the film. It's a perfect thriller but I thought it did take too long developing the story. Jason Bateman does a great job in this thriller whereas he usually plays comedy parts. I thought the cast was amazing and the story really stays with you because of their performances. The obvious hero is far from it and the villain, while never a hero, becomes someone we can empathize with, though never fully. As the tale unravels we actually see perspectives we aren't meant to see. I really liked "The Gift" because I enjoy psychology. Through a course of events, the film becomes a typical stalker thriller but eventually sets itself apart as a very clever, well written, and telling "human nature" account of who everybody "really" is (not just Gordo). We get the feeling their relationship was more ominous in nature than it appears to Robyn, who Gordo starts to form a platonic relationship with. They receive numerous visits from Gordo who says he knew Simon in High School. Robyn and Simon have just moved in to a posh 60's retro home and are settling in as a married couple. So what were those creepy bumps for Simon and Robyn? Edgerton's script shows they are part of a larger, much darker, horrific beyond an R rated gift. If you were in Simon and Robyn's case, you might find out your explanations are incorrect months or years later. Things that go bump in the night can usually be explained away. Most directors might gravitate toward a role in their film that is endearing to the audience, Gordo couldn't be any further from that sort of character. The gift to me was when I discovered Joel Edgerton is not only Gordo, the creepy stalker in the film, but also the writer/director of the piece. Reviewed by RileyOnFilm 7 / 10 When a Gift is Not a Gift 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? 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. 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.
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