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Movie Review: &#039;The Giver&#039; - Daily Bruin

Movie Review: &#8216;The Giver&#8217;

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While dystopian films have always been fashionable, they have widely grown in popularity since the success of movies such as “The Hunger Games” and “The Matrix.” At this point, “The Giver” is old news, centering on a theme that has been developed previously on-screen.

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Movie Review: ‘The Giver’

By Alicia Sontag

Aug. 21, 2014 1:29 p.m.