Before we start our weekly film review, let's discuss t' referendum in Scotland. T' votes be in and it's lookin' t' be a no result for t' question "Should Scotland be an independent country?"
Now onto t' film review. This week, it be T' Giver. Based on t' 1993 novel by Lois Lowry, T' Giver be set in a society which be at first presented as utopian then gradually appear more and more dystopian. On Rotten Tomatoes, t' film holds a ratin' o' 33%, based on 114 reviews, with an average ratin' o' 5.3/10. T' consensus states: "Phillip Noyce directs T' Giver with visual grace, but t' movie doesn't dig deep enough into t' classic source material's thought-provokin' ideas." On Metacritic, t' film holds a score o' 47 out o' 100, based on 33 critics, indicatin' "mixed or average reviews." Richard Roeper gave t' film a "C", statin' that “t' magic [of t' novel] gets lost in translation”, but that t' film had its heart in t' starboard place. But don't let such mixed reviews fool ye. Ye should go see it an' make up ye own mind.
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