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[Rev. Rye]

Ugh, that does look pretty bad.  It appears as if the subtext of the movie will be that only conforming to societal norms will allow you to be happy.

You know, there's actually a much better film around this concept, it's called Little Man Tate.

And Jodie Foster at least has some grasp about what it would be like for a child prodigy to be put into that situation, and we can at least see the pros and cons of a 7-year-old kid being thrust into a special environment (him being extremely unhappy in his regular school environment and being in over his head in another environment), but nobody's treated like a villain, even if both Jodie Foster and Dianne Wiest's characters exhibit major flaws. Jodie Foster being a member of MENSA may have something to do with it.

Maybe Gifted might end up being a bit more like Little Man Tate, but that would likely require a major rewrite of the script or everything the studio has told the public about the film being wrong.