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Not to be confused with The Gifted (film).
Gifted
File:Gifted film poster.jpg
Theatrical release poster
Directed byMarc Webb
Written byTom Flynn
Produced by
  • Karen Lunder
  • Andy Cohen
Starring
CinematographyStuart Dryburgh
Edited byBill Pankow
Music byRob Simonsen
Production
companies
Distributed byFox Searchlight Pictures
Release date
  • April 7, 2017 (2017-04-07) (United States)
Running time
101 minutes[1]
LanguageEnglish
Budget$7 million[2]
Box office$34.2 million[3]

Gifted is a 2017 American drama film directed by Marc Webb and written by Tom Flynn. It stars Chris Evans, Mckenna Grace, Lindsay Duncan, Jenny Slate and Octavia Spencer. The plot follows an intellectually gifted 7-year-old who gets caught up in a custody battle between her uncle and grandmother. The film was released on April 7, 2017, by Fox Searchlight Pictures and has grossed $34 million worldwide.

Plot

In a small town near Tampa, seven-year-old Mary Adler shows remarkable mathematical talent on her first day of first grade, which impresses her teacher, Bonnie Stevenson. Mary is offered a scholarship to a private school for gifted children. However, her uncle and de facto guardian, Frank, turns it down. Based on his family's experiences with similar schools, he fears Mary will not have a chance at a "normal" childhood.

It emerges that Mary's mother, Diane, had been a promising mathematician, dedicated to the Navier–Stokes problem (one of the unsolved Millennium Prize Problems) before taking her own life when Mary was six months old. Mary has lived with Frank ever since.

Frank's estranged mother and Mary's maternal grandmother, Evelyn, seeks to gain custody of Mary and move her to Massachusetts, believing that Mary is a "one-in-a-billion" mathematical prodigy who should be specially tutored in preparation for a life devoted to mathematics. However, Frank is adamant that his sister would want Mary to be in a normal public school and have the childhood she didn't have. Worried that the judge will rule against him and he will lose Mary completely, Frank accepts a compromise brokered by his lawyer Greg Cullen that sees Mary placed in foster care and attend the private school where Evelyn wants to have her enrolled. The foster parents live just 25 minutes from Frank's home, Frank will be entitled to scheduled visits, and Mary will be able to decide where she wants to live after her 12th birthday.

Mary is devastated at being placed in foster care, and initially refuses to see Frank. When Bonnie sees a picture of Mary's one-eyed cat, Fred, up for adoption, Frank retrieves the cat from the pound and, learning that Fred was brought in due to allergy issues, realizes that Evelyn- who is allergic to cats- is overseeing Mary's education and has taken up residence in the guest house of Mary's foster home. He then reveals to Evelyn that Diane had solved the Navier–Stokes problem, but stipulated that the solution was to be withheld until Evelyn's death. Knowing that it meant everything to Evelyn to see Diane solve the problem, Frank offers to publish Diane's work if Evelyn drops her objection to him having custody of Mary. Evelyn reluctantly agrees.

The film ends with Mary returning to public school while taking college-level courses in the morning.

Cast

Production

In August 2015, it was announced Chris Evans had been cast in the film, with Marc Webb directing from a screenplay by Tom Flynn.[4] In September 2015, Mckenna Grace, Octavia Spencer, Lindsay Duncan and Jenny Slate joined the cast of the film.[5][6] In November 2015, Julie Ann Emery joined the cast of the film.[7]

Filming began in October 2015 in Savannah, Georgia, as well as in Tybee Island, Georgia.[8]

Release

The film was scheduled to be released on April 12, 2017, but was pushed up to April 7, 2017.[9]

Box office

As of July 23, 2017, Gifted has grossed $24.7 million in the United States and Canada and $9.5 million in other territories for a worldwide total of $34.2 million, against a production budget of $7 million.[3]

The film went wide on Wednesday, April 12, 2017, and in its opening weekend grossed $3.1 million, finishing 6th at the box office. In its second weekend of wide expansion, it made $4.6 million, an increase of 47.5% from the previous week.[10]

Critical response

On Rotten Tomatoes, Gifted has an approval rating of 70% based on 133 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."[11] On Metacritic the film has a score of 60 out of 100, based on 33 critics, indicating "mixed or average reviews".[12] Audiences polled by CinemaScore gave the film an average grade of "A" on an A+ to F scale.[13]

References

  1. ^ "Gifted (2017)". British Board of Film Classification. Retrieved June 12, 2017.
  2. ^ "Gifted – PowerGrind". The Wrap. Retrieved April 9, 2017.
  3. ^ a b "Gifted (2017)". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved July 24, 2017.
  4. ^ Marc Webb Sets Pic Pair: Chris Evans Set For ‘Gifted’; Jeff Bridges, Rosamund Pike & Miles Teller Circle ‘Only Living Boy’
  5. ^ Octavia Spencer and 9-Year-Old McKenna Grace Join Marc Webb’s ‘Gifted’
  6. ^ Jenny Slate Joins Chris Evans in Marc Webb’s ‘Gifted’ (EXCLUSIVE)
  7. ^ ‘Better Call Saul’s’ Julie Ann Emery Joins Chris Evans in Marc Webb’s ‘Gifted’ (Exclusive)
  8. ^ Chris Evans, Octavia Spencer begin filming 'Gifted' on Tybee Island
  9. ^ N'Duka, Amanda (November 1, 2016). "'Gifted' Trailer: Chris Evans Raising A Child Math Genius". Deadline.com. Retrieved March 31, 2017.
  10. ^ "'Fate Of The Furious' Drives Five Wide Releases Off The Road With $38.6M Second Weekend". Deadline.com. April 23, 2017.
  11. ^ "Gifted (2017)". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved July 18, 2017.
  12. ^ "Gifted reviews". Metacritic. Retrieved July 15, 2017.
  13. ^ Box Office Mojo (April 20, 2017). "'Fate of the Furious' Set to Repeat at #1 as Five New Releases Hit Theaters". Retrieved April 21, 2017.

See also

  • Proof (2005 film), complex proof solved by the daughter of a mathematician in the final reveal
  • Little Man Tate similar theme of prodigy and reluctance of the single parent to accept their need for better education
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