The core of the film is the conflict between two generations of educational ideas. The family in the film is a veritable genius. Mary's grandmother, Evelyn, is a top student in Cambridge, and her mother almost broke the mathematical puzzle of the century. At a young age, she became an assistant professor at the university, and Mary inherited her mother's mathematical genius. At the age of six, she could play calculus and solve professional problems. Mary's biological mother lost her faith in life due to Evelyn's too strict control and ended her own life. Frank, who witnessed all this, did not want Mary to repeat the mistakes of her sister, so she quit her job and led her child to live a secluded life. But the utilitarian Evelyn was not willing to waste her granddaughter's talent like this. In order to compete for Mary's custody, she even went to court with her son. In fact, both Evelyn and Frank represent an extreme. Evelyn wants to deprive the child of all happiness to maximize her potential, while Frank deliberately suppresses Mary's talent and just wants her to live an ordinary life. . Both of them actually looked at things from their own perspective, but they ignored Mary's feelings. As Mary said, I love Evelyn but I love Frank. Mary's world isn't black and white, and Evelyn has her loveliness just as Frank's has her flaws. Blindly according to their own ideas to let children live a dull life or utilitarian education is actually a kind of attachment. At the end of the film, Mary was able to enjoy the happy time children deserve while receiving genius education, which is a happy ending.
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