Gifted (2017) A Review

Gifted (2017) Is the story of a 7 year old girl and her uncle who is taking care of her. The child is extremely gifted in the field of mathematics. This runs in the family, as her mother was as well, and so was her grandmother. To a lesser extent her uncle was also very intelligent. We pick up the story when the uncle is fixing boats freelance and taking care of the girl in a small rental home in Florida. He has schooled her at home before she goes to school (1st grade) and the teacher realized just how smart she is and how much knowledge of math she actually has. To say the least most people on earth don't have the knowledge of math that this 7 year old has. Enter the grandmother and we find out that the girls mother killed herself and that the uncle blames himself for not seeing the signs before it was too late. The grandmother wants the child to go home with her and to be schooled in math the was she schooled her daughter (the child mom). After a legal battle, the child ends up in a foster home and being schooled at a school for gifted children. Some things happen to make the uncle not want this to be happening again and a moral battle engages between the uncle and the grandma. If I say any more, it will give it away, so I will stop her.

This movie was heart warming and deeply emotional at times. I full on cried my eyes out at times, and was filled with joy at other times. The script was brilliant and not many movies I've seen have done the story in such a masterful manner. There is tension you can feel in this movie. The highs and lows are elating and crushing. The awakening of the childes mind is a gift to those watching. The acting is top notch. I have rarely seen a better movie of it's kind. There have been many movies that I've seen on this topic, but none have done it better. This is a much watch.

At the time of this post, the movie is on Netflix. IMDB 7.6/10 ME 9/10


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