premise: The Giver is a drama.
hypothesis: The Giver is a 1993 American young adult dystopian novel by Lois Lowry . The Giver is a 2014 American social science fiction film directed by Phillip Noyce and starring Jeff Bridges , Brenton Thwaites , Odeya Rush , Meryl Streep , Alexander Skarsgård , Katie Holmes and Cameron Monaghan . It received a People 's Choice Award nomination for Favorite Dramatic Movie .