A family moves into a quaint locality in Los Angeles.
As they get accustomed to their new life in the dainty new house, a malevolent
entity from the past sets its destructive gaze on family’s happily cultivated
life. Joel Edgerton’s self directed ‘The Gift’ is a piece of authentic psychological
thrill that gives you a sense of terror and chill.
Simon (Jason Bateman) and wife Robyn (Rebecca Hall)
move into a lavishly looking house in L.A from Chicago. While they are shopping
for the new house supplies, Simon meets Gordo (Joel Edgerton), who he was in
high school with. Gordo looks polite and generous but you can’t help notice the
profane and danger concealed beneath his gifts and his apparently selfless visits.
The first half promises a gratifying feel of dread.
Jason Bateman as Simon is attentive and passionate husband to Robyn (Rebecca) who
is emotionally fragile and sympathetic. Following the unwanted visits to Robyn
when she is usually home alone, Simon tells Gordo that he can no longer see the
couple only to invite more peril in their lives. The dog vanishes, the fishes in pond are
poisoned and Robyn is always looked at secretly and with immense voyeur.
The Gift is not about an ideal theme of good
triumphing over evil. Infact it has a slight flavour of retribution to it. The second half is less of scares but more of
the fact on who is right and who is wrong.
The Gift has feel of Hitchcock coupled with a genuine
story of how far a person can go to prove his might and how it can scar your
soul for lifetime.
7 on 10 stars
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