This story is markedly better when it is out of the courtroom or the bedroom and showcasing the bond of memories being made and principles being built by an impressionable child and her dutiful guardian.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Oct 14, 2024

The performances, especially that of Lindsay Duncan, are a strong feature, but the film fails to break with genre clichés. It is a valid option for fans of courtroom drama, but not very memorable as a whole. [Full review in Spanish]

| Original Score: 6/10 | Sep 17, 2024

Gifted isn't just a great family film, it offers insight and lessons for a lifetime and might actually make you and your children better people. That's far more than you can expect to take away from any movie.

| Original Score: 4.5/5 | Apr 11, 2022

Please, go see Gifted. It may not be a perfect movie (the court scenes are too long) and unapologetic about manipulating your emotions but the giftedness celebrated in the story is well worth it.

| Aug 26, 2021

A film can rise or fall entirely on its screenplay, and in portraying the struggles of smart people, Gifted comes across as very, very dumb.

| Original Score: 2.5/5 | Sep 24, 2020

Gifted isn't a brilliant film, but films don't always need to be brilliant.

| Original Score: 3.0/4.0 | Sep 8, 2020

Like Evans himself, the film is a good-natured, easily likeable experience that may not test convention, but plays out in a satisfying and affecting manner.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Aug 30, 2020

While there are glimpses of subtlety within this film, it is all together too slight and surface-level. It is a light-hearted bit of sentimental fluff that fans of Evans will enjoy and there is even a bonus one-eyed cat.

| Original Score: 7/10 | Jul 2, 2020

Te concept of the new film from director Marc Webb seems deceptively simple, but as Tom Flynn's deft screenplay (plucked from the 2014 blacklist) scratches the surface, things get complicated and often painful.

| May 5, 2020

Gifted remains breezy and adorable for the bulk of its runtime.

| Mar 26, 2020

Let's face it. We need the occasional, charming, albeit imperfect tearjerker that ends well, don't we?

| Original Score: 3/5 | Oct 18, 2019

The courtroom scenes are uninspired and boring.

| Original Score: C- | Mar 12, 2019

Gifted, without a doubt, has to be considered one of the more life-affirming watches of 2017.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Mar 2, 2019

Gifted isn't a great movie. But the quality of the performances infuses the film with at least some of the necessary drama.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Feb 12, 2019

This family-friendly drama is sweet, smart, funny, and charming, the cinematic equivalent of a snuggly, cozy sweater.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Dec 20, 2018

Gifted, a film that could easily have been written and produced on the Lifetime Movie Network, is a surprisingly refreshing family dramedy.

| Dec 19, 2018

Overall, the movie is good and does well to tug at the audience's heart.

| Nov 12, 2018

There's nothing wrong with it, but it's not exactly a knockout, either.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Oct 5, 2018

Relationships and life are sticky, particularly when you involve children, and "Gifted" shows us just how tumultuous life can be.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Aug 22, 2018

With relatable characters and naturalistic dialogue, Gifted feels remarkably real as it tugs at your heartstrings one by one.

| May 8, 2018