From IMDB:
In this wonderfully moving film, a single man (Chris Evans) strives to give his child prodigy niece (Mckenna Grace) a normal life, despite interference from the girl’s grandmother.
British Airways offered this gem of a film on a flight to London.
Chris Evans, in a break from adolescent action films, gives a sensitive performance as a higher education drop-out, Frank Adler, who scrapes by repairing small boats. His sister was a brilliant mathematician who committed suicide, leaving her equally brilliant young daughter Mary without a mother. Evelyn Adler, Frank’s mathematician mother, is a grandmother from hell who wants her granddaughter to do nothing but develop her prodigious abilities in mathematics. Trying to provide Mary with a normal happy childhood means Frank must engage in a constant tug-of-war with Evelyn.
Not only because this is a positive well played film, but also because it has a happy ending (for a change), I am recommending this film. However, expect to shed a few tears before you reach the happy conclusion.
DO NOT MISS!