Stars: Chris Evans, Mckenna Grace, Lindsay Duncan, Octavia Spencer, Jenny Slate | Written by Tom Flynn | Directed by Marc Webb
Having escaped the web of the Spider-Man franchise, Marc Webb returns to (500) Days of Summer-sized moviemaking with this soft-focus indie, combining the maths genius elements of Good Will Hunting with the child custody torture of What Maisie Knew. It’s not as smart or original as the former, nor as grotesque as the latter, instead falling into a crevice of mediocrity somewhere between.
Mary (Mckenna Grace) is a precocious, “one-in-a-billion” 7-year-old who, following the death of her mother, lives in her uncle’s ramshackle home. Frank (Chris Evans) left his career as a professor to live a regular-type life as a mechanic. Previously home-schooled, it’s now time for Mary to mix with other kids and make some friends. So, Frank enrols her at a normal school. After she batters a fellow pupil,...
Having escaped the web of the Spider-Man franchise, Marc Webb returns to (500) Days of Summer-sized moviemaking with this soft-focus indie, combining the maths genius elements of Good Will Hunting with the child custody torture of What Maisie Knew. It’s not as smart or original as the former, nor as grotesque as the latter, instead falling into a crevice of mediocrity somewhere between.
Mary (Mckenna Grace) is a precocious, “one-in-a-billion” 7-year-old who, following the death of her mother, lives in her uncle’s ramshackle home. Frank (Chris Evans) left his career as a professor to live a regular-type life as a mechanic. Previously home-schooled, it’s now time for Mary to mix with other kids and make some friends. So, Frank enrols her at a normal school. After she batters a fellow pupil,...
- 6/16/2017
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