The Gift
6.8
2015
0 hr 13 min
Drama
To celebrate his eleventh birthday, a young boy selects his gift - little knowing that his choice will change the world.
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- Cast：
- Xander Berkeley , Brady Permenter , Amye Gousset
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Reviews
Slow pace in the most part of the movie.
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Instead, you get a movie that's enjoyable enough, but leaves you feeling like it could have been much, much more.
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Exactly the movie you think it is, but not the movie you want it to be.
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The film never slows down or bores, plunging from one harrowing sequence to the next.
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