
Release date:April 7, 2017
Studio:Fox Searchlight Pictures
Director:Marc Webb
MPAA Rating:PG-13 (for thematic elements, language and some suggestive material)
Screenwriter:Tom Flynn
Starring:Chris Evans, McKenna Grace, Lindsay Duncan, Jenny Slate, Octavia Spencer
Genre:Drama
Plot Summary:
Frank Adler (Chris Evans) is a single man raising a child prodigy – his spirited young niece Mary (Mckenna Grace) – in a coastal town in Florida. Frank’s plans for a normal school life for Mary are foiled when the seven-year-old’s mathematical abilities come to the attention of Frank’s formidable mother Evelyn (Lindsay Duncan) whose plans for her granddaughter threaten to separate Frank and Mary. Octavia Spencer plays Roberta, Frank and Mary’s landlady and best friend. Jenny Slate is Mary’s teacher, Bonnie, a young woman whose concern for her student develops into a connection with her uncle as well.