History YMMV / TheGiver

* AlternativeCharacterInterpretation: Given her expanded role, Chief Elder is subjected to this. Does she truly believe in what she preaches or is she more interested in power? Is it possible that she was [[spoiler: Rosemary's mother]] and that [[spoiler: her daughter's death]] played a role in shaping her character?

-->'''The Giver:''' With your ''legs.''

-->'''Jonas:''' Give me your hands. (He looks at the rainbow in the waterfall). Do you see it?
-->'''Fiona:''' Oh my goodness.
-->'''Jonas:''' You see it?
-->'''Fiona:''' Yes. It's water.
** There's also something pretty funny about how, despite the fact that almost all emotion has been wiped away, she's still capable of being a DeadpanSnarker--in fact, most of what she says is snark! One wonders just how snarky she'll manage to be once she has her full range of emotions back.

* RetroactiveRecognition: Who woulda guessed Asher would later become [[Series/{{Gotham}} the clown-themed bringer of disorder and anarchy?]]
** How about a [[VideoGame/{{StarWarsJediFallenOrder}} Jedi fugitive?]]

* StrawmanHasAPoint: Jonas' parents claiming that "do you love me?" is a meaningless question and suggesting a few more specific ones like "do you enjoy me?" is treated as a horrifying sign that they [[MeasuringTheMarigolds don't understand love.]] However, it might be argued that a parent who enjoys and takes pride in their child does indeed love that child according to any reasonable definition, and that it's not the worst thing in the world if they prefer to focus on their specific, individual feelings rather than using the blanket term for them.

* TaintedByThePreview: The fans are ''not'' happy about the movie's trailer. If you didn't know better, you'd swear it was actually a parody of InNameOnly adaptations that only exist to jump on the bandwagon of young adult dystopias. This lightened up a bit on the movie's release, as it's ''far'' less action-heavy and more true to the book than the trailers let on. That said, the film still ended up receiving predominantly mixed-to-negative reviews.
** YMMV with that take. The film is not at all true to the book. The dystopia is made out to be inexplicably futuristic, plot elements are mixed and matched throughout and out of order, characters are aged up significantly but given the same childish dialogue and direction, the Giver and Jonas’ relationship is very different, many characters are a departure from their original iterations, Fiona’s role is needlessly elevated, the Giver and Receiver now comically share an obvious tattoo on their wrist (undermining the concept of sameness) and the setting itself is heavily exaggerated to a generic YA society.