The Gift Review

Well-off Simon (Jason Bateman) and his wife Robyn (Rebecca Hall) move into a new luxury home and are given a housewarming present by Gordo (writer-director Joel Edgerton), an oddball who was at school with Simon. The creepily ingratiating Gordo spooks the nervous Robyn and annoys the slightly secretive Simon.  With a premise not unlike the French films The Serpent and Harry, He’s Here to Help, this interestingly low-key suspense film goes in unexpected directions. It delivers a couple of great jumps, but the story is more complicated than the usual stalk-and-home-invasion business and the three leads do some excellent work in ambiguous roles.