tlavideo.com

Review

Foster's impressive directorial debut is a quirky, entertaining comedy/melodrama about a seven-year-old genius who gets caught in a tug-of-war between his working-class mom (Foster) and a determined educator (Weist). The story centers around young Fred Tate's lack of social skills (a trait invariably attached to child prodigies), and his leaving his mother to study at an academy for gifted children living under Weist's supervision. Both Foster and Weist give strong performances and newcomer Hann-Byrd is affecting as Fred.