Imagine you are living a good life and everything is perfect. You are happily married and just moved to a new house, but suddenly someone shows up, who says he went to school with you, even though you have no idea who that man is, or why he keeps coming back...
This is the situation a couple, played by Jason Bateman and Rebecca Hall, is faced with in The Gift, the directorial debut of Joel Edgerton who also co-produced and starred in the movie.
Joel Edgerton is fantastic here as the mysterious man who keeps showing up for no apparent reason. You always wonder what he does next and you can never be sure what his true motives are. There's just something really interesting about him as a character.
Jason Bateman and Rebecca Hall are also really good as the clueless couple. Especially Jason Bateman really transformed into his character and gave an impressive performance.
It's hard to imagine that this is Joel Edgerton's first movie as a director but he really does a great job here and shows a huge amount of potential and talent.
The story has some nice surprises and twists and even though it is nothing too groundbreaking or unforeseeable, it was very well made and the movie maintains a certain level of tension from start to finish.
It is well directed and has a nice slow pace to it that gives enough time to the characters and each scene to develop the kind of depth that is necessary for a story like this.
Bottom line
The Gift was a nice surprise. It has interesting characters, a suspenseful story and it especially showed that Joel Edgerton is not just a fantastic actor but also a really good writer and director.
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