Gifted
2017 · Movie · PG-13 · 101 min · ★ 8.0 · 67% critics
A man raising his exceptionally gifted young niece tries to protect her chance at a normal childhood. When family pressure turns into a custody fight, the story explores love, responsibility, and the hard question of what is truly best for a child.
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Details
- Years
- 2017
- Release date
- 2017-04-07
- Language
- English
- Rated
- PG-13
- Runtime
- 101 min
- Critic score
- 67/100
- TMDB rating
- 8.0/10 (5,948 votes)
- Box office
- $43,046,590
- Budget
- $7,000,000
About
If you like heartfelt family dramas such as Instant Family or Fatherhood, this offers warmth, humor, and emotional pull around caregiving and childhood; Not for you if you want something edgy, subtle, or highly unpredictable.
Pros: heartfelt family bond; touching emotional moments; charming humor | Cons: predictable second half; familiar custody drama; some side characters feel thin
Themes
- cat
- mathematics
- intellectually gifted
- child prodigy
- teacher
- school
- prize
- child custody
- legal drama
- gifted children
- custody hearing
Cast & crew
Chris Evans
as Frank Adler
Mckenna Grace
as Mary Adler
Lindsay Duncan
as Evelyn Adler
Jenny Slate
as Bonnie Stevenson
Octavia Spencer
as Roberta Taylor
Glenn Plummer
as Greg Cullen
John Finn
as Aubrey Highsmith
Kelly Collins Lintz
as Claire Larsen
Joe Chrest
as Kevin Larsen
Keir O'Donnell
as Bradley Pollard
Directed by Marc Webb