GIFTED

Plot:

Young Mary Adler (Grace) is a very unique girl, she inherited the knowledge of being a skilled mathematician from her mother who died when Mary was just an infant. Now residing with her uncle Frank (Evans) who wants to raise the young girl as a normal  kid that grows up around other normal kids rather than isolate her in some adult think tanks. She will eventually become the center of a nasty legal custody battle between her uncle Frank and his mother, her grandmother Evelyn (Duncan), who wants to take the young genius and stuff her away in an adult university for gifted mathematicians. The wrong decision could be damaging to the well being and future of the talented girl, as her fate will now rest at the mercy of the judicial system.


Reel Talk:

This was a charming and delightful film about a gifted young mathematician and her uncle who only wants what is best in raising her in a normal environment instead of bogging her down and putting her young mind into a pressure cooker at the expense of solving math problems. It is a very good story and the performances are good from the selected cast mates. This is a good family movie that is worth checking out and you will enjoy it.

Starring: Chris Evans, McKenna Grace, Octavia Spencer, Lindsay Duncan, Jenny Slate and Glenn Plummer
Directed by: Marc Webb
Rated: PG-13

I give it 4 corn dogs.

By: THE REEL HUSTLER