(DVD Gifted)
Oscar winner Octavia Spencer, People’s Choice Award winner and “Captain America” Chris Evans, and “Mona-Lisa” from the series “Parks and Recreation” (as well as the voice of Gidget from “The Secret Life of Pets”) Jenny Slate are considerable talents in this little gem of a movie. But it is young McKenna Grace who shines the brightest as Mary, an extremely gifted/intelligent child who is being raised by her uncle Frank. Scottish actress Lindsay Duncan’s turn as Mary’s loathsome grandmother is spot-on. Frank’s dilemma is how to let his late sister’s daughter be a kid while not stifling her intellectual development nor her capacity to love and be loved.
[If you enjoy this, you may also wish to try Young Sheldon (in which McKenna Grace has had a recurring guest role!), How to Be a Latin Lover, Fuller House (TV series) or Hidden Figures]
[ Internet Movie Database entry for this film ] | [ official Gifted web site ]
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by Becky
W.C.
Walt Branch Library
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