History YMMV / Gifted

** Is Frank's insistence that Mary not be enrolled in the Oakes Academy genuinely in her best interest or is he subconsciously trying to do what would anger his mother the most? Remember that this guy also left his academic job to work as a boat repairer although it wasn't strictly necessary to give Mary a good childhood. He was also especially worried, because Mary's mother [[spoiler: committed suicide after completing her life's work, because that had been her only focus in life.]] It's clear that he cares about Mary, but how much his own prejudices are driving his decisions is up for debate.
** Is Evelyn just trying to live her dreams of academic distinction through her daughter (and now granddaughter) or does she genuinely believe that any person in charge of rearing a genius has a wider responsibility to society to keep the genius on the right track? However considering that Frank managed to buy her off with the promise of publishing Diane's work, in effect cementing [[ItsAllAboutMe Evelyn's academic legacy in exchange for Mary's custody.]] It leans towards the former then the latter.
** Was Diane's troubled life a result of her mother's excessive control of her life or did she really have a "laundry list of problems", as Evelyn puts it? Frank, too, acknowledges at one point that Diane could be "difficult" and "not think things through." However, we learn [[spoiler: Diane committed suicide in despair, after completing her life's work, a task Evelyn made Diane focus on over everything else.]] Evelyn's [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone look of guilt shows that she knows her actions]] helped make Diane the troubled person she was.

** Was Diane's troubled life a result of her mother's excessive control of her life or did she really have a "laundry list of problems", as Evelyn puts it? Frank, too, acknowledges at one point that Diane could be "difficult" and "not think things through." However learning [[spoiler: Diane committed suicide in despair, after completing her life's work. A task Evelyn made Diane focus on over everything else.]] Evelyn's [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone look of guilt shows that she knows her actions]] helped make Diane the troubled person she was.

** Is Frank's insistence that Mary not be enrolled in the Oakes Academy genuinely in her best interest or is he subconsciously trying to do what would anger his mother the most? Remember that this guy also left his academic job to work as a boat repairer although it wasn't strictly necessary to give Mary a good childhood. However considering that Mary's mother [[spoiler: committed suicide after completing her life's work. A result of her mothers ambition]]. Then Frank is looking out for Mary's best interest just not in the best of ways.

** In the beginning, Mary complains that she looks like a Franchise/DisneyPrincess. The movie is produced by Fox Searchlight Pictures, which would be bought by Disney in 2019.

* HilariousInHindsight: So [[Creator/ChrisEvans Captain]] [[Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse America]] is the uncle of [[Film/CaptainMarvel2019 Captain Marvel]]!

** Was Diane's troubled life a result of her mother's excessive control of her life or did she really have a "laundry list of problems", as Evelyn puts it? Frank, too, acknowledges at one point that Diane could be "difficult" and "not think things through." However learning [[spoiler: Diane committed suicide in despair, after completing her life's work. A task Evelyn made Diane focus on over everything else.]] Evelyn's [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone look of guilt shows that she knows her actions]] helped make Diane the troubled person she was.

** Is Evelyn just trying to live her dreams of academic distinction through her daughter (and now granddaughter) or does she genuinely believe that any person in charge of rearing a genius has a wider responsibility to society to keep the genius on the right track? However considering that Frank managed to buy her off with the promise of publishing Evelyn work, in effect cementing [[ItsAllAboutMe her legacy in exchange for Mary's custody.]] It leans towards the former then the latter.
** Was Diane's troubled life a result of her mother's excessive control of her life or did she really have a "laundry list of problems", as Evelyn puts it? Frank, too, acknowledges at one point that Diane could be "difficult" and "not think things through." However learning [[spoiler: Diane committed suicide in despair, after completing her life's work. A task Evelyn made Diane focus on over everything else.]] Evelyn [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone look of guilt shows that she knows her actions]] helped make Diane the troubled person she was.

** Was Diane's troubled life a result of her mother's excessive control of her life or did she really have a "laundry list of problems", as Evelyn puts it? Frank, too, acknowledges at one point that Diane could be "difficult" and "not think things through." However learning [[spoiler: Evelyn committed suicide in despair, after completing her life's work. A task her mother made Evelyn focus on over everything else.]] Evelyn [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone look of guilt shows that she knows her actions]] helped make Diane the troubled person she was.

** Was Diane's troubled life a result of her mother's excessive control of her life or did she really have a "laundry list of problems", as Evelyn puts it? Frank, too, acknowledges at one point that Diane could be "difficult" and "not think things through." However learning [[spoiler: Evelyn committed suicide in despair, after completing her life's work. A task her mother made Evelyn focus on over everything else.]] Diane [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone look of guilt shows that she knows her actions]] helped make Diane the troubled person she was.

** Is Evelyn just trying to live her dreams of academic distinction through her daughter (and now granddaughter) or does she genuinely believe that any person in charge of rearing a genius has a wider responsibility to society to keep the genius on the right track? However considering that Frank managed to buy her off with the promise of publishing Evelyn work, in effect cementing [[It'sAllAboutMe her legacy in exchange for Mary's custody.]] It leans towards the former then the latter.

** Is Evelyn just trying to live her dreams of academic distinction through her daughter (and now granddaughter) or does she genuinely believe that any person in charge of rearing a genius has a wider responsibility to society to keep the genius on the right track? However considering that Frank managed to buy her off with the promise of publishing Evelyn work, in effect cementing [[AllAboutMe her legacy in exchange for Mary's custody.]] It leans towards the former then the latter.

** Is Frank's insistence that Mary not be enrolled in the Oakes Academy genuinely in her best interest or is he subconsciously trying to do what would anger his mother the most? Remember that this guy also left his academic job to work as a boat repairer although it wasn't strictly necessary to give Mary a good childhood.
** Is Evelyn just trying to live her dreams of academic distinction through her daughter (and now granddaughter) or does she genuinely believe that any person in charge of rearing a genius has a wider responsibility to society to keep the genius on the right track?
** Was Diane's troubled life a result of her mother's excessive control of her life or did she really have a "laundry list of problems", as Evelyn puts it? Frank, too, acknowledges at one point that Diane could be "difficult" and "not think things through."

** Is Frank's insistence that Mary not be enrolled in the Oakes Academy genuinely in her best interest or is he subconsciously trying to do what would anger his mother the most, as Evelyn and her lawyer suggest? Remember that the guy has also left his academic job to work as a boat repairer although it wasn't strictly necessary to give Mary a good childhood.
** Is Evelyn just trying to live her dreams of academic distinction through her daughter (and now granddaughter) or does she genuinely believe that any person in charge of rearing a genius has a wider responsibility to society to keep the genius focused on the right track?