You think you’re so smart.

A number of movies include gifted and talented characters, and depict a variety of characteristics that are positive and relate to exceptional abilities, but also can generate not so positive reactions – such as “You think you’re so smart,” or, “You’re too verbal… too bossy… too nerdy… too sensitive.”

And, of course, we may still experience some of those reactions as adults.

Movie clips include Matilda (1996, with Mara Wilson, Danny DeVito and Rhea Perlman); Little Man Tate (1991,directed by and starring Jodie Foster, with Dianne Wiest, Adam Hann-Byrd); Phoebe in Wonderland (2008, Elle Fanning, Patricia Clarkson); Akeelah and the Bee (2006, Keke Palmer, Laurence Fishburne); Akeelah and the Bee (2006, Keke Palmer, Laurence Fishburne).

Short list of gifted characteristics in video from article What is giftedness all about? – by Linda Kreger Silverman, Ph.D., Gifted Development Center.

List of other films: Hoagies’ Gifted: Movies Featuring Gifted Kids (and Adults!)



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