Massively underrated


The music is briliant. The acting is powerful and sensitive. The plot is genius.

This movie definitly deserves top 250, tell me why not...

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I suppose the mere mention of "chess" ... to some people...means a rather slow moving boring game to watch...so a movie about a chess player???..Just saying...maybe...

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I agree with you, this is a real gem that I came across more or less by accident, and is now one of my favourite films.

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True. Only reason I gave it a 7 is because of Turturo's portrayal of the character who didn't make Luzhin likeable.

You can make an actor fragile but still make it catch. May be not a good casting.

My father was a drinker and a fiend

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