Clickonline writes: "The Young and Prodigious Spivet is a new film based on the 2009 novel by Reif Larsen called The Selected Works of T.S. Spivet. The story revolves around a 12 year old boy who is obsessed with maps and inventing who goes on an adventure to Washington DC when he wins an award from the Smithsonian Institute. Quirkiness ensues."