Gifted (2017) - Whatsoever...

★★★☆☆

I checked out this film because it’s the latest work of Marc Webb whose ‘500 Days of Summer’ really is an inspiration to me, and also it stars Chris Evans whose charisma seems to shine in ‘Before We Go’, a very special treat of love romance for me back there. Turns out ‘Gifted’ is a pretty heart-warming drama, though it’s not so interesting and ingenious as ‘500 Days Of Summer’. Still there’re scenes to move and inspire you, and even make you sigh over the fact that life’s indeed full of hard choices and struggles.

The gifted girl is stuck between her uncle (Chris Evans) who only wishes her to have an ordinary and hopefully happy life like every other normal kid, and her ambitious grandma who expects her to be brought up like a prodigy should. To me, there isn’t much emotional stuff going on there since Chris’s still too young and green to be called a great actor, and the plot’s nothing of a surprise after all. There’s this hospital scene of waiting to see a new life getting born however, that would somehow make you feel glad that this film’s in fact not a bad choice. It works like a reminder that being able to appreciate the beauty of life and feel connected to others emotionally like a ‘normal’ human being is supposed to, is actually the most important thing of all.

It’s normal that you feel alienated and disconnected if you’re gifted, because your mind’s far too advanced for others to understand, and theirs are far too stupid for you. That’s why most geniuses are bound to be sad and pathetic. I used to wish I was a genius but then no, and now I don’t care whatsoever. Gifted or not, we’re all pathetic since we’re still trapped in this life, this shell, in how and what we think!