"You drive like an old lady."
"It's Florida. I'm fitting in."
Gifted takes director Marc Webb back to his pre-Amazing Spider-Man days of small, intimate human stories, and whilst there is little that is original about the story of Gifted (orphaned child maths prodigy ends up being battled over by her grounded carer/uncle and her ambitious grandmother), this film certainly demonstrates the old adage that you do not have to re-invent the wheel, just make a very, very good one. Webb's skill as a director is highly evident on screen in this superbly crafted and handsome-looking film as well as in the performances he enables, and the key players - Chris Evans, Lindsay Duncan, Octavia Spencer and the young McKenna Grace - are all excellent, notably in the delightful on-screen relationship between Evans and Grace. The film engages throughout, and it provides two movie-magic heartmelting moments and two emotional wallops in the second half. By turns amusing, thoughtful and emotional, Gifted is a very well-made and well-performed film that always feels sincere.
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