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Gifted
Gifted is a 2017 American drama film directed by Marc Webb and written by Tom Flynn. The film stars Chris Evans, Mckenna Grace, Lindsay Duncan, Jenny Slate and Octavia Spencer. In St.Petersburg, Florida, seven-year-old Mary Adler lives with her uncle and de facto guardian, Francis "Frank". Her best friend is 43-year-old neighbor Roberta Taylor. On her first day of first grade, she showed a remarkable talent for math, which impressed her teacher, Bonnie Stevenson.
There, though she initially despises average kids her age and gets bored with their classroom work, she begins to bond with them when she brings her one-eyed cat, Fred, to watch and tell.. She then protects a classmate from the bully on the school bus by hitting the bully in the face. After the incident, the principal encouraged Frank to send Mary to a private school for gifted children, offering the opportunity to receive a scholarship. However, Frank refused. Based on his family's experiences with similar schools, he feared Mary would not have the chance to have a "normal" childhood.