Ranking June 2017's Movies From Worst To Best

7. Gifted

Gifted Chris Evans
Fox Searchlight

RottenTomatoes Score: 70% (6.3/10)

Box Office: The Amazing Spider-Man's Marc Webb has made a sleeper hit out of his $7 million drama, having quadrupled its budget to date. It'll probably do even better on home video, because honestly, who goes to see this sort of movie during the summer?

Verdict: Though Webb's film is overly schmaltzy to a point, Chris Evans and Mckenna Grace give such fantastically heartfelt performances that it's tough not to buy into this tale of a man attempting to raise his child prodigy niece amid family turmoil.

It doesn't serve up many surprises and the filmmaking is pretty standard fare considering Webb's prior efforts, but it's nice to see Evans trying something different, and as a broad crowd-pleaser, it totally works.

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