Review: 'The Gift' that keeps on giving chills

When it comes to gifts, they say, it's the thought that counts. And so it is with "The Gift," a surprisingly intelligent and effective (if slightly pulpy) psychological thriller from actor Joel Edgerton, making his feature debut as a writer and director. Both off-screen and on -- where he plays an unsettlingly creepy, stalker-ish figure who insinuates himself into the lives of a married couple (Jason Bateman and Rebecca Hall) -- Edgerton makes his presence felt.