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You reap what you sow. Maybe he didn’t. By the end of the film, when Robyn’s possibly been raped, which maybe has something to do with her, Simon forgets about his own promise and the explicit wishes of his wife that she not be lied to. This post contains massive spoilers. Representation: The Missteps of Naomi Novik’s, The Trump Campaign Trashing Mr. Rogers Really Just Says It All, Competing With Biden’s Town Hall Did Not Go Well for Donald Trump, Latinx Creators Are Fed Up With Hollywood’s Exclusion: “We Are Tired”, Feel Helpless About Politics? Instead, the twist resets The Gift back to the same old territory. He may have been a bully who habitually lies to and psychologically manipulates his wife, but hey, he never sexually assaulted anyone! Still, she couldn’t stop doing Avatar recaps. That’s the most egregious thing about The Gift. Until then, The Gift reminded me of The Omen, specifically that really cool thing it did where nothing overtly supernatural happens in the film. She’s broken up with Simon, who’s also lost his job. Maybe “Gordo the Weirdo” isn’t that bad, and Simon the Golden Boy is the one with problems. - CINEMABLEND Have a tip or story idea? But I don’t think it’s quite a catastrophic one. Anonymous “Former Staff” Accuse Former Rep. Katie Hill of Abuse After Hill Announces Biopic, One Week Later, Republicans’ Silence on Allegations of Forced Sterilizations by ICE Is Telling, Why Captain Janeway Still Feels So Relevant 25 Years After Going Where No Woman Had Gone Before. Maybe the kid really is Simon’s. Simon and Robyn think that Gordo’s a stalker, but maybe he is just socially awkward, and everything it looks like he did—like stealing their dog*, which could have just run away—was just a coincidence. In fact, after the scene where Simon finds out about the assault, which is intercut with Gordo visiting Robyn at the hospital, I am 95% sure that Robyn doesn’t have a single line for the rest of the film. Opening last weekend as a B genre movie snugly scheduled as counterprogramming to Fantastic Four and counter-counterprogramming to Ricki … And it is! The Gift (2015) : Movie Plot Ending Explained The Gift stars Jason Bateman (from Hancock), Rebecca Hall (from Vicky Cristina Barcelona ) and … Rebecca also writes for Pajiba and Phactual in addition to her personal website, Cinefeels. In fact, when Gordo brings up telling Robyn, Simon reacts with horror and begs him not to. Turns out Gordo, nicknamed “Weirdo” back at school, was mercilessly bullied… by, we (and Robin) learn, Simon, who started a rumor about Gordo being molested that basically ruined his whole life. Many things have changed in the new world Atiye finds herself in. Ha, nope. The socially awkward loner is crazy, and the self-obsessed bully isn’t all that bad in the scheme of things, awwwww. And he’s never confronted with the fact that his behavior is wrong, either. The Gift's twist ending should make anyone who's vaguely sensitive to the way women are portrayed in media want to bash their heads against a wall. Have a tip we should know? “The Gift’s” ending is a grievous misstep, and I wonder if it’s not the reason why the movie has been relegated to the dog days of August. For one, she never existed and Erhan and Elif grew up together By Neetha K Published on : 04:50 PST, Sep 10, 2020. Not even that rape was used as a plot device, though that’s obviously pretty damn bad. In a triumphant villain speech, Gordo revels in having finally ruined Simon’s life, the same way Simon ruined his. The margin of error is because my brain was a cloud of WHATTHEFUCKWHATTHEFUCKWHATTHEFUCK. The Last Paradise In 1950s Italy, a farmer's dream of improving workers’ living conditions collapses when he falls for a landowner's daughter. And in comes Gordo to twist the screw: In an earlier scene, we saw Robyn pass out; now, Gordo sends Simon a DVD showing him approaching his unconscious wife, dragging her into the bedroom, and … end scene. He’ll do anything to get his own way, including manufacturing evidence against a professional rival, beating Gordo, and lying to Robyn when she begins to be suspicious of him. And Simon still gets to be the victim. The salt in the wound, for me, is that a complex character had all her initiative stripped away. It’s about how it affects her husband. Maybe it’s not. Maybe this movie’s going to do something interesting with the home invasion genre. Why Are the Two Generations of Charmed Ones Fighting? Though Simon chafes at Gordo’s unwanted attention, Robyn’s more sympathetic: He’s socially awkward, sure, but so is she, and man, her husband’s kind of being a dick about this whole thing, isn’t he? Trigger Warning: Discussion of sexual assault. Rebecca (@RebeccaPahle) used to work for The Mary Sue before she cruelly abandoned them for Film Journal International, where she is currently the Assistant Editor. ), there was another, less high-profile film in theaters: psychological thriller The Gift, the directorial debut of actor Joel Edgerton (Animal Kingdom, Warrior). —Please make note of The Mary Sue’s general comment policy.—. Or to keep it anonymous, click here. tips@themarysue.com. While out and about, they run into Gordo (Edgerton, who also wrote the script), an old classmate of Simon’s who quickly becomes infatuated with the pair. Things happen to Simon, sure, but there’s no character arc. Email us. She has a kid now, y’know? Whilst Fantastic Four was busy bombing and Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation was bringing more and more people into the Church of Rebecca Ferguson (hi there, nice to have you! Nothing bad happens to the dog. Gordo walks off into the metaphorical sunset; Simon is left cowering and sobbing on the hospital floor. Robyn, by this point, has had a baby, fulfilling a lifelong desire. On a less rage-inducing level, the twist ruined everything good the movie had going for it. Here’s the setup: Simon (Jason Bateman) and Robyn (Rebecca Hall) are a married couple who have recently moved back to Simon’s childhood California town. And Robyn, who’s had the most development up to this point, gets demoted to an object that two guys can fight over. It doesn’t even think she needs to know about it. The movie doesn’t care about how she responds to her potential rape. Mid-way through the film, there’s a conversation where Simon agrees that lying to Robyn in order to protect her does more harm than good. Author Michael M. Hughes Offers, Georgia Senator David Perdue Mispronounces Kamala Harris's Name Because Racism, Competing With Biden's Town Hall Did Not Go Well for Donald Trump. And then the wheels come off. A behind-the-scenes look at how entrepreneur Daniel Ek and financial partner Martin Lorentzon founded Spotify and revolutionized the music industry. Robyn is the hero of this story; her gradual realization that she doesn’t really know the man she married is terrifying and riveting to watch. Racism vs. And Robyn, the actual victim here… well, what she wants doesn’t really matter. The Gift Ending Debate: Whose Gift Is It Anyway? Her maybe-rape—at the very least, the fact that her house was broken into and she was drugged—isn’t really about her, y’know? This is where The Gift comes into its own: We start out thinking that Gordo’s the awful one, but it’s Simon–seemingly perfect, but with a little of that Tom Cruise emptiness behind the eyes–who could be the real villain. It’s currently rocking a 92% approval rating on Rotten Tomatoes, which might make you think it is a good film. Until the last half hour, at which point it should make anyone who’s vaguely sensitive to the way women are portrayed in media want to bash their heads against a wall. Creepy Gordo is a monster. Game of Thrones has been usurped from the “rape for shock value” throne. That’s what women need to complete their lives; just ask Jurassic World! Not that the twist took an interesting idea and scuttled it. Poor guy. He becomes the Demon of the Pop-In, showing up at unexpected times with presents and to chat with Robyn, who stays at home setting the place up while Simon’s off at his new job. I consider it a public service to warn people away from this movie. Good to know. The Gift Ending scene was something that really moved me in a very cringy way that made me feel so bad for simon, now of course in this video we … Maybe he did rape Robyn. *Public Service Announcement: The dog is fine. What can I say, Si? Do you follow The Mary Sue on Twitter, Facebook, Tumblr, Pinterest, & Google +?

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