

The majority of praise was aimed at the direction and Maisie Williams's performance, which won her an Academy Award for Best Actress, along with several other nominations. It grossed $417, 243, 127 at the box office, becoming the third highest-grossing film of 2016. It was met with overwhelmingly positive reviews from critics and universal acclaim from audience, many calling it one of the best films of 2016. Prodigy debuted on the 15th of December 2016 and was a box office success. The film is dedicated to the memory of Peter Vaughan, who died on 6th December that same year. It co-stars Keira Knightley, David Tennant, Mark Strong, Judi Dench, Freddie Highmore, Benedict Cumberbatch, Toby Jones, Ciaran Hinds, Henry Caville, Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, Michelle Fairley, Katie McGrath and Sarah Hyland. The plot also revolves around Amy, the main antagonist played by Georgie Henley, and her bullying of Melanie. It stars Maisie Williams as Melanie Norrington, a girl who suffers from a brutal stutter and is thus savagely bullied at school, but is proven to be quite brilliant in spite of herself.

Prodigy is a 2016 British coming-of-age drama film with psychological elements, written, produced and directed by Matthew Vaughn, who also directed the screenplay.
