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Synopsis: 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.
Genre: Drama
Director(s): Marc Webb
  6 wins & 7 nominations.
 
IMDB:
7.6
Metacritic:
60
Rotten Tomatoes:
73%
PG-13
Year:
2017
101 min
$24,799,765
17,173 Views


I disagree.

We're getting nowhere if we're

not being honest with eachother.

I am being honest.

I see. Fine. Well, I'm not leaving

without her.

Well, welcome to Florida.

Frank, please listen to reason.

At some point, are you gonna get to

conclusion...

or someone in authority are going to

spell it out for you...

that the child best interest is all that

matters.

You're gonna make me pull rank, I will.

Diane didn't want you to have her.

Diane...

Diane didn't always think things through.

Argue with propably one of the

brightest minds on the planet.

Good luck going down that road.

And what do you thin she'd say if she saw

how her child is living now?

Do you honestly think she'd be pleased?

That she's living somewhat normal life? Yes.

I do.

She's not normal. And threating her such...

is negligence on a grand scale.

I know your heart's in the

right place on this.

But you are denying the girl her potential.

I can provide for her. I can enrich

her life.

Come on, Evelyn.

You're gonna take that girl, you are gonna

bury her in tutors...

The you'll lown her out to some

think tank

where she could talk non-trivial zeros...

with a bunch of old Russian guys

for the rest of her life.

And you'd bury her under a rock.

Look, I didn't expect you to understand the

price you have to pay for greatness.

I do. That's why I have Mary in the

first place.

That's uncalled for.

Your sister had a laundry list

of problems.

She could have solved Navier-Stokes

and go down in the history

as one of the greatest mathematicians

of all time.

But she didn't, because she couldn't finish.

She was weak. Weak like a father

and weak like...

Well...

Now, if it's who I think it is...

Kinda puts a black cloud over our luncheon.

You're still stubborn and vindictive.

Careful, Mother.

There's an apple and tree

analogy lurking.

You guys ready to order?

Here's an idea.

Stop thinking about me and you...

and start thinking what's best

for a child.

For any reasonable person,

a clear picture will emerge.

If it doesn't, I suggest you call

your attorney.

He'll have a bucket of beer.

Let's go outside.

No.

Come on. It's nice out.

I don't care.

No more math today.

Is there a God?

I don't know.

Just tell me.

I would if I could.

But I don't know. Neither does anybody

else.

Roberta knows.

No. Roberta has faith...

and that's the great thing to have.

But faith's about what you think, feel.

Not what you know.

What about Jesus?

Love that guy. Do what he says.

But is he God?

I don't know.

I have an opinion.

But that's my opinion and

I could be wrong.

So why would I screw up yours?

Use your head.

But don't be afraid to believe in things

habit.

There was a guy on TV who said

there was no God.

The only thing different between

the things you saw on TV and Roberta

is Roberta loves you. She tries to help.

Tell you what though.

When we all one another,

we all end up back together at the end.

That's what you're asking, right?

Yep.

Okay.

Find something else to worry about, will ya?

All right.

Okay. Adler, grandmother and uncle.

Really?

Sure you folks don't wanna go on the hall

and settle this?

No? Well, that's a shame.

- Mr. Cullen, you're here for the uncle.

- Yes, I am, your honor.

Start charging you room and board.

Mr. Highsmith, you're on the wrong side

of a bay, aren't you?

I'm very happy to be here, Your Honor.

For the record, Mrs. Dibbons is

representing the state of Florida

Child Welfare Department.

Proceed.

Your Honor, my client Mrs. Adler

is the maternal grandmother of the child.

Her daughter, the girl's mother

was the troubled woman...

who seven years ago sadly took her own

life.

It was at this time that Mr. Adler

primitively and illegally took

custody of the girl and spirited her

across eight lines...

for the purpose of denying my

client custody.

And there's the evidence that the

child currently lives

in unclean and unwholesome conditions.

We petition to court?to grant my client

and full custoy of the child...

so that she can return to the state

of Massachusetts...

and given the care to which

she is entitled.

My client took an infant under his wing

for one reason only.

It was his sister's desire

that he do so.

My client has been her

constant caregiver.

And your Honor, as far as the living

conditions...

I've been in this home.

It's fine.

I mean, if we adopt standards based on

our friend's aversion to palmetto bugs...

we won't have a child left

side of Tallahassee.

All right, last chance before this starts

cost a lot more money.

Your Honor, my client would

need reasonable acess to the child.

So ordered.

Ms. Dibbons, would you go out and

check the living conditions?

On the books, Your Honor.

All right, folks.

Drive carefully.

Her lawyer has a nice suit.

Relax, Frank. More weight's

put on the talent competition.

Go have a cocktail.

Roberta, would you like to have

Mary tonight?

Why wouldn't I like

to have Mary tonight?

I told you something like this

would happen.

Now look where we are.

And I'm supposed to believe

you know what you're doing.

You couldn't even find the

white lawyer.

Look, just...

- Don't worry, okay?

- Don't tell me that.

There's nothing you can say that's

make me fell good...

because I have no say in any of this,

Frank.

I'm not a blood relative,

I'm not a legal guardian.

I'm nothing.

Just the lady who lives next door,

whose opinion means nothing,

whose feelings means nothing.

Would I like to have Mary

tonight?

I'd like to have Mary every

night.

d Can't stop me now d

d Hear what I say d

d My feet gotta move so d

d get out my way d

d I'm gonna have my say d

d I'm going to every discotheque. d

i'm gonna dance, dance, dance. d

d Till the break of day d

d Shame, shame, shame,

shame on you. d

d If you can't dance too d

d And I said shame, shame, shame d

d shame, shame, shame d

d Shame, shame on you d

Hi.

Hi.

I heard Davis bragging about

a custody case...

and the I found out who's

and I am...

I feel terrible. But I also wanted you

to know that after we talked...

I didn't say anything to anyone.

I swear.

And it's important to me

that you know that.

I know.

Okay.

My lawyer told me to get

drunk.

And you trying to do it

with that?

Okay. My turn.

Who was your first

celebrity crush?

I'll go with...

Mona from Who's the boss?

- Oh, wow.

- You know what I'm talking about?

- The sexy grandmother.

- Yeah!

I always felt like she

had a secret.

Yeah, which is that she loved

sexual intercourse.

That was it.

And she wasn't secret about it.

That's why I liked her.

You know what? I liked her too.

See?

All right.

Least favourite student.

And why.

Oh, no! I love all

my students.

I don't believe you. Not at all!

Not for a second.

No, they're all great.

They're all so great.

I'm gonna go ahead and drink.

Let's keep this honest.

He? She?

He is Ronnie Middleton.

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