Gifted is coming to Tubi with serious heart
Chris Evans and Mckenna Grace lead a family drama about genius, custody, and the fight to protect a childhood.
Remind MeSome family dramas sneak up on you. Gifted is one of those movies that starts with a simple question, what does a child actually need, and then refuses to let anyone answer it too easily.
Chris Evans plays Frank Adler, a single uncle raising his niece Mary, a math prodigy whose talent attracts attention from people with very different ideas about her future. The movie knows the stakes are not just academic. This is about childhood, family, ambition, and the dangerous confidence of adults who think love gives them the final say.
Directed by Marc Webb, Gifted arrives on Tubi soon. If you like your dramas heartfelt, smart, and quietly ready to wreck your afternoon plans, put this one on your radar before it drops.
The Cast
Chris Evans
Evans plays Frank Adler like a man trying to keep his whole world calm with duct tape and stubborn love. He brings a quiet, grounded warmth to Frank, making the character’s choices feel human even when the pressure around him keeps rising.
Mckenna Grace
Grace gives Mary Adler the spark the whole movie needs. Mary is brilliant, blunt, funny, and still very much a kid, and Grace balances all of that without making her feel like a movie trick. She feels real, which is the point.
Lindsay Duncan
Duncan plays Evelyn with cool precision, turning family concern into something much sharper. She is not written as a simple obstacle. She believes she knows what Mary needs, and Duncan makes that certainty feel powerful, polished, and deeply personal.
Octavia Spencer
Spencer brings Roberta a protective, no-nonsense tenderness that cuts through the tension. She is the person in the room who sees the emotional cost before anyone wants to admit it, and that makes her presence feel steady and necessary.
“Let her be a kid before the world starts counting.”
Sneak Peek
Why Watch It
Gifted works because it treats every side of its central conflict with weight. It is tender without getting syrupy, sharp without losing its warmth, and built around the kind of performances that make small conversations feel enormous.
This is the one to add to your list if you want a drama that hits the heart through character rather than spectacle. The math prodigy angle gives the story its spark, but the real pull is watching adults wrestle with what it means to love a child without trying to own her future.
It is also a strong reminder that Chris Evans can do quiet just as well as heroic. Paired with Mckenna Grace, he helps give Gifted its emotional charge. Coming soon to Tubi.
More details
Marc Webb
Chris Evans, Mckenna Grace, Lindsay Duncan, Octavia Spencer, Jenny Slate, Elizabeth Marvel
Coming soon to Tubi