I recently started to play chess again, so I might be subjective,
But I really liked this movie, it's about a French prodigy who can hope to become a champion, but he struggles with his relationships, he's pretty arrogant, and his ego suffers when he meets a child chess prodigy in a tournament.
The representation of chess is elegant and convincing, it describes well the pressure and concentration this game requires, but it doesn't really reinvent the wheel.
What is great is the chess games compositors ; they actually composed games for the purpose of this movie, to show interesting moves and tension. The dialogues about the chess world and vocabulary are very convincing. The main char' just learned chess for one year for this movie, but he sounds like he played for his whole life.
What is interesting though, is the message about feminism and the place of women in chess, and the social construction that undermines women overall. That was on the spot and nicely added to the plot.
The characters have presence and are interesting.
Awkward moment : They play strip tag with their crushes, and then, when everyone is naked, they decide to do some blackjack and go to sleep. Like hell you do XD
But I really liked this movie, it's about a French prodigy who can hope to become a champion, but he struggles with his relationships, he's pretty arrogant, and his ego suffers when he meets a child chess prodigy in a tournament.
The representation of chess is elegant and convincing, it describes well the pressure and concentration this game requires, but it doesn't really reinvent the wheel.
What is great is the chess games compositors ; they actually composed games for the purpose of this movie, to show interesting moves and tension. The dialogues about the chess world and vocabulary are very convincing. The main char' just learned chess for one year for this movie, but he sounds like he played for his whole life.
What is interesting though, is the message about feminism and the place of women in chess, and the social construction that undermines women overall. That was on the spot and nicely added to the plot.
The characters have presence and are interesting.
Awkward moment : They play strip tag with their crushes, and then, when everyone is naked, they decide to do some blackjack and go to sleep. Like hell you do XD