Public Libraries of Suffolk County, New York

Gifted

Label
Gifted
Language
eng
Characteristic
videorecording
Intended audience
MPAA rating: PG-13
Main title
Gifted
Medium
videorecording Blu-ray, DVD combo
Review
"The emotionally absorbing story of a grade-school math prodigy caught in a messy custody dispute."--Boston Globe"Long before the end, it has built an intense involvement within the viewer. By the time the movie is through, you end up caring about the fate of everybody in the movie."--San Francisco Chronicle"Everybody shows their work in the winning math of Gifted, which finds a simple formula for success with a flawed father figure and his prodigious niece."--USA Today
Runtime
101
Summary
Frank Adler is a single man raising a child prodigy, his spirited young niece Mary, 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, whose plans for her granddaughter threaten to separate Frank and Mary
Target audience
adult
Technique
live action