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Redundant and unnecessary.

Great Film overall

Funny, strange, confrontational and subversive, this is one of the most interesting experiences you'll have at the cinema this year.

Excellent and certainly provocative... If nothing else, the film is a real conversation starter.

Dede Tate (Jodie Foster) is an unconventional single mom to awkward and brilliant nice kid Fred. She's a waitress with her friend Gina (Debi Mazar). Jane Grierson (Dianne Wiest) wants him in her genius program assisted by Garth (David Hyde Pierce). Dede wants a normal childhood for him. When nobody shows up for his birthday, Dede reluctantly allows Fred to go with Jane where Damon is the alpha student. Dede and Jane struggle to be Fred's caregiver. Jane takes him to college where he befriends Eddie (Harry Connick Jr.) after getting hit with a globe.It's a fine family drama most notable for being Jodie Foster's directorial debut in a full length movie. The kid has the gawky nerd look. Foster and Wiest are terrific. I wish they had more scenes together. Their relationships with the kid are the most interesting. In general, I would like the characters have more interactions together. I would like characters like Damon to stay in the picture. I wish there was a destination for the kid to aim for. It's an interesting coming-of-age movie with some underdeveloped relationships.

This work presents the challenges of raising a gifted child. It is never a easy as it seems, raising a child who is more intellectual than you are - a fact wrenchingly portrayed herein. The emotional needs of these children often go unattended, as the parents usually struggle to satisfy the intellectual needs.Jodie Foster gives a fantastic performance as a mom under the aforementioned circumstances.Many may consider the ending weak, if they are unable to demonstrate the ability to see beyond the story itself. If you can, then this work is well done and offers hope in the end.I found it a bit better than mildly entertaining, but it's not something I will want to watch again.It rates a 6.7/10 from...the Fiend :.

I just wanted to put in my 2 cents and praise this movie because I felt that there were so many negative comments for such an uplifting and heartwarming film. I tip my hat to Jodie Foster for acting so fluidly all the while debuting as a director too. Sure, it was a simple movie, but I think that that was her point; simple, to the point and most importantly, you were supposed to feel good after having seen the movie. My favorite scene was when Fred and Eddie (Harry Connick Jr) befriend each other and they're playing piano. The tap-to jazz music in the movie is great and keeps the movie going at that jazz pace. I think it's a wonderful flick and makes a great watch with the girlfriend film.

This movie is obviously what one would call "labour of love". It's a pleasure to watch. The story shows beautifully what a thousand articles on math prodigies cannot- that even geniuses need love and that no matter how "genius" that child is he is still only a kid. She brings out the subtleties of her character. Fred seems adult-like in a child's world and yet deals with child-like simplicity in an adult's world. Jane is the headmistress of a school for the gifted, who believes that her theories on child-prodigies can bring out Fred's best talents, but forgets that Fred's best is not in his head but in his heart. Working to give her child the best yet fierce-fully protective of Fred is his mother Dede. This movie perfectly capture the heartbreaking events that can happen when a child is given too much attention but no affection. Hats off to Adam Byrd who gives a very nuanced performance. Both Jodie Foster and Nancy show the little personality clashes very well. Jodie foster has done a great job when she shows Dede's reaction and then later Jane's reaction to the fact that Fred has had a nightmare.I hope to be able to see more movies from her.