The recent Netflix series "The Queen's Gambit" drew my attention to chess, so I decided to watch "Searching for Bobby Fischer". Despite the title, Steven Zaillian's movie is not about the famous chess player. The focus is a boy in New York who develops an interest in chess. And boy does he become a master of it!
Most of the credit goes to the cast, who put their all into the roles. But Zaillian's direction and screenwriting also deserve their due, as does Conrad Hall's Academy Award-nominated cinematography. Personally I wish there were more movies about these true stories (they're more interesting than the latest superhero movie). Even if you don't know anything about chess, it's still a fun movie. I recommend it.
The cast includes Joe Mantegna, Joan Allen, Ben Kingsley, Laurence Fishburne, Dan Hedaya, Laura Linney and Tony Shalhoub. Put another way, it stars Fat Tony, Pat Nixon, Mahatma Gandhi, Dr. Morpheus, Richard Nixon, Abigail Adams and Adrian Monk.
Most of the credit goes to the cast, who put their all into the roles. But Zaillian's direction and screenwriting also deserve their due, as does Conrad Hall's Academy Award-nominated cinematography. Personally I wish there were more movies about these true stories (they're more interesting than the latest superhero movie). Even if you don't know anything about chess, it's still a fun movie. I recommend it.
The cast includes Joe Mantegna, Joan Allen, Ben Kingsley, Laurence Fishburne, Dan Hedaya, Laura Linney and Tony Shalhoub. Put another way, it stars Fat Tony, Pat Nixon, Mahatma Gandhi, Dr. Morpheus, Richard Nixon, Abigail Adams and Adrian Monk.