The Girl With All the Gifts largely flew under the radar when it was released in 2016, but its ending leaves a lot to unpack. The horror film, based on the novel of the same name by M.R. Carey, takes place in a grim post-apocalyptic future. Zombies, known as hungries, run rampant in this world, thanks to the mass spread of a fungal disease.
However, It’s a Gift contains W.C. Fields two longest sustained laugh sequences — “the grocery store” and “the front porch” scene — and it pulls together most of the hallmarks of the Great Man’s humor in a tight, 68-minute package. Fields subversively pokes fun at small town mores, mocks family values, makes villains of a blind
Gwen (Meredith Hagner) is a personal shopper, who has that special gift for knowing exactly what makes a gift special to others, and her love interest, Charlie, is no exception. Charlie, is a single widower dad, who is all work no play, until his regular personal shopper is unavailable to help him through Christmas.
Movie Info. Harold Bissonette (W.C. Fields) is the owner of a small-town grocery store, husband of a harassing wife (Kathleen Howard) and father of two spoiled children, and his customers aren't.