Frank Adler (Chris Evans) is a single man raising a child prodigy - his spirited young niece Mary (Mckenna Grace) - in a coastal town in Florida. Frank's plans for a normal school life for Mary are foiled when the seven-year-old's mathematical abilities come to the attention of Frank's formidable mother Evelyn (Lindsay Duncan) whose plans for her granddaughter threaten to separate Frank and Mary. Octavia Spencer plays Roberta, Frank and Mary's landlady and best friend. Jenny Slate is Mary's teacher, Bonnie, a young woman whose concern for her student develops into a connection with her uncle as well
Rating: PG-13 (for thematic elements, language and some suggestive material)
Genre: Drama
Directed By: Marc Webb
Written By: Tom Flynn
In Theaters: Apr 7, 2017 Limited
Box Office: $21,605,717
Runtime: 101 minutes
Studio: Fox Searchlight Pictures
Critical response[edit]
On Rotten Tomatoes, Gifted has an approval rating of 64% based on 89 reviews, with an average rating of 6.3/10. The site's critical consensus reads, "Gifted isn't quite as bright as its pint-sized protagonist, but a charming cast wrings respectably engaging drama out of a fairly predictable premise."On Metacritic the film has a score of 60 out of 100, based on 32 critics, indicating "mixed or average reviews". On CinemaScore, audiences gave the film an average grade of "A" on an A+ to F scale.
Frank, a single man raising his child prodigy niece Mary, is drawn into a custody battle with his mother.
Director: Marc Webb
Writer: Tom Flynn
Stars: Chris Evans, Mckenna Grace, Lindsay Duncan | See full cast & crew
The film was scheduled to be released on April 12, 2017, but was pushed up to April 7, 2017.
