It emerges that Mary's mother, Diane, had been a promising mathematician, dedicated to the Navier–Stokes problem (one of the unsolved Millennium Prize Problems) before dying by suicide when Mary was six months old. Based on his family's experiences with similar schools, he fears she will not have a chance at a 'normal' childhood.

After the incident, the principal encourages Frank to send Mary to a private school for gifted children, offering the opportunity of a scholarship. Later, she defends a classmate from a bully on the school bus by hitting the bully in the face. There, despite her initial disdain for average children her own age and her boredom with their classwork, Mary begins to bond with them when she brings her one-eyed cat, Fred, for show-and-tell. On her first day of first grade, she shows remarkable mathematical talent, which impresses her teacher, Bonnie Stevenson. Her best friend is her 43-year-old neighbor, Roberta Taylor. Petersburg, Florida, seven-year-old Mary Adler lives with her uncle and de facto guardian, Frank. The film received mixed-to-positive reviews from critics, who praised the performances of Evans and Grace, but noted its predictability. At the 23rd Critics' Choice Awards, Mckenna Grace was nominated for Best Young Actor/Actress. The film was released on April 7, 2017, by Fox Searchlight Pictures, and grossed $43 million worldwide. The plot follows an intellectually gifted seven-year-old who becomes the subject of a custody battle between her maternal uncle and maternal grandmother. It stars Chris Evans, Mckenna Grace, Lindsay Duncan, Jenny Slate and Octavia Spencer. Gifted is a 2017 American drama film directed by Marc Webb and written by Tom Flynn.

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