"Gifted" is a family drama delving into many areas of contention with regards to children and guardianship. Mckenna Grace portrays Mary, a mathematics child prodigy, whose mother was also a mathematics child prodigy. The story begins where Mary's uncle is her guardian after her mother had died in an apparent suicide.
McKenna delivers an outstanding performance that makes her character totally believable and her situation understandable. Chris Evans as the uncle, also puts in an outstanding performance. The interaction between child and guardian is what drives the narrative and as obstacles appear they deal with them.
The major plot point is a battle for custody of the child between the the uncle who wants her to have a childhood and the grandmother who wants her to reach her full potential and eventually become like her mother and suffer her mother's outcome? This was where the movie lost some rating points because the portrayal of the grandmother, Evelyn, by Lindsay Duncan was like cardboard. I would have liked to have seen some of the emotion related to the loss of a loved one even if it was six years earlier. The relationship between mother and son was not believable at all.
The movie is enjoyable, but it has been done before. I do however see a bright future for Mckenna Grace.
McKenna delivers an outstanding performance that makes her character totally believable and her situation understandable. Chris Evans as the uncle, also puts in an outstanding performance. The interaction between child and guardian is what drives the narrative and as obstacles appear they deal with them.
The major plot point is a battle for custody of the child between the the uncle who wants her to have a childhood and the grandmother who wants her to reach her full potential and eventually become like her mother and suffer her mother's outcome? This was where the movie lost some rating points because the portrayal of the grandmother, Evelyn, by Lindsay Duncan was like cardboard. I would have liked to have seen some of the emotion related to the loss of a loved one even if it was six years earlier. The relationship between mother and son was not believable at all.
The movie is enjoyable, but it has been done before. I do however see a bright future for Mckenna Grace.