The Gift
The Gift
| 08 April 2010 (USA)
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Directed by Carl E. Rinsch, 'The Gift' was created as part of the "Parallel Lines" Phillips Cinema campaign. Set in a dystopian future Russia, The Gift is a sci-fi short that features a mysterious gift, a determined robot servant, and a tense chase sequence. More than 20 full CGI shots were produced for the short.

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SnoReptilePlenty

Memorable, crazy movie

AshUnow

This is a small, humorous movie in some ways, but it has a huge heart. What a nice experience.

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Billie Morin

This movie feels like it was made purely to piss off people who want good shows

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Billy Ollie

Through painfully honest and emotional moments, the movie becomes irresistibly relatable

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samboran

When speaking of unicorns, we first imagine a legendary creature like horse with single large horn projecting from its forehead. In this film, "a unicorn" never shows itself. A gift box or something that is called unicorn is regarded as important. When I got what the "unicorn" means I also understood why the robot, who probably only knew what the unicorn is, ran away even though he sacrificed himself. Thinking of this things above, this film is very interesting and imaginative. But at the same time there are a few mysterious points. And the most important point, the identity of the "unicorn", was hard to catch for me. So I didn't like it very much.

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f-27753

This is the very unique and perhaps mysterious film. There is a box which has a unicorn inside, and the box is carried by people one after another. Yet, once they touch the box, they are involved in some accidents and finally lose their lives. You shouldn't miss the ending, which reveals what the box means. The most astonishing things about the film is the fact that the story develops in a very thrilling and exciting way. Usually, the unicorn, which is the key word in this film, reminds you of the fancy stories with the pretty unicorn. In this film, however, the unicorn is an invisible object which forces you to consult your imagination, and furthermore, the story full of action and bloody scene doesn't provide you with the nice drama that makes you feel good. Thus this film tears apart your stereotype toward the word, unicorn. To sum up, it is a remarkably irregular story with unicorn, but its uniqueness makes the story possible to distinguish from any other stories.

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lovingtheworld1140

A man carrying a box meets a wealthy old man. I do not know what is inside the box at first. I didn't have any ideas. The old man puts a piece of hair on the box and opens the box. All of sudden, the box shines. A unicorn stays in the box. Then, the man who brought the box to the old man suddenly kills the old man and runs away. When he runs to the street, a truck runs over him. A robot approaches him and takes the box away. However, the robot also dies. Before the robot absolutely dies, he throws the box into the river. I can see everyone who touches the box dies so far. This movie is so difficult to understand, but it depends on people. That's why I'd like to watch this movie and want to ask you what do you think about the movie.

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curryandrice

The robot and the box may exist in the near future, but town exists in the present age. I think the director mismatched between the robot and the town. Who is the robot? I want to who the robot is and why does the robot steal the box.Why was everyone charmed by the box? It brings unhappiness. Will the boy pick up the box? I think the boy won't pick it up, but he will open the box. I'm interested in thinking about the end of the movie. This movie is short. I want to see a long version. I also got excited by the car action scene. The scene is powerful. The movie contains grotesque scenes. I like it, but there are a lot of people who don't like a grotesque scenes.

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