Who will win? 'Gifted' is not without it's displays of some original laughs. Grandma wants to plug her into The Matrix. Frank just wants Mary to be a little girl. Her arguments and assessments are hopelessly air-tight and seamless, leaving Uncle Frank and his lawyer scrambling. As the legal proceedings unfold, Evelyn verbally fire-bombs the entire court room from the stand without batting an eye in her fight for custody of Mary. Evelyn is a poised and proper Englishwoman armed with a titanium intellect few would want to challenge. One very powerful supporting role is supplied by Lindsay Duncan who portrays Evelyn the Grandmother. After Mary's abilities are discovered by her first grade teacher, the inevitable battle for command of her future quickly unfolds. In fact, Mary's personality is also far developed beyond her peers, exhibiting a sarcastic and jaded sense of humor more on par with a bunch of 40-year olds downing a shot or two after a particularly bad day at work. Grace's performance does raise a few eye brows as she very convincingly plays a precocious and genius little girl plagued with boredom being surrounded by the dead-weight of average students she has nothing in common with. McKenna Grace plays little Mary who's character is at the center of attention whether she likes it or not. The premise was intriguing: What to do with a seven year old mathematical prodigy caught between a cozy, loving household occupied by her doting Uncle Frank and a one-eyed cat named Fred, and a challenging but cold academic world ready to pace her on mental treadmills for the rest of her life. I only found it only after tapping out the local AMC 24 and driving a few extra miles to see something new. Had seen no adds, heard no word of mouth, pretty much nothing.
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