Gifted
PG-13, 2017, Fox Searchlight Pictures
Director:
Marc Webb
Starring:
Chris Evans, McKenna Grace, Octavia L. Spencer, Lindsay Duncan, Jenny Slate
Plot:
Frank, a single man raising his child prodigy niece Mary, is drawn into a custody battle with his mother.
1
Looks like someone needs school
Themes: Father-Daughter, Intelligence, Raising Children
2
You yelled at the principal?
Themes: Discipline, Parenting, Training
3
Girl asks agnostic uncle, "Is there a God?"
Themes: Belief, Truth, Jesus, God's Existence, Unbelievers
4
Girl stands up for boy against bullies
Themes: Bullying, Confronting Evil, Fighting, Teen Issues, Helping Others
5
Father more concerned about character than grades
Themes: Character, Intelligence, Leadership, Leaders
6
"We say things all the time we don't mean"
Themes: Controlling the Tongue, Parenting, Words, Reconciliation, Quarreling
7
"If you succeed, your name will live forever"
Themes: Achievement, Ambition, Success, Eternity
8
Fatherless girl learns she's valued by family
Themes: Family, Father's Love, Raising Children, Parent-Child Relationship, God's Love, Love, Rejection
9
Foster child feels abandoned by surrogate father
Themes: Abandonment, Adoption, Belonging, Raising Children, Parent-Child Relationship, Foster Care