premise: The Giver is only a book.
hypothesis: The Giver is a 1993 American young adult dystopian novel by Lois Lowry . A 2012 survey based in the U.S. designated it the fourth-best children 's novel of all time . 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 . The film is based on the 1993 novel of the same name by Lois Lowry . It received a People 's Choice Award nomination for Favorite Dramatic Movie .