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Pawn Sacrifice

Gail Katz Productions

PalmStar Media

United States of America

English

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Tobey Maguire

Peter Sarsgaard

Liev Schreiber

Michael Stuhlbarg

Lily Rabe

Sophie Nélisse

Seamus Davey-Fitzpatrick

Conrad Pla

Aiden Lovekamp

Evelyne Brochu

Robin Weigert

Andreas Apergis

Katie Bird Nolan

Ilia Volok

Peter Janov

Spiro Malandrakis

Arthur Holden

Raphael Grosz-Harvey

John Maclaren

Vitali Makarov

Eric Lee Huffman

Brett Watson

Shawn Campbell

Eugene Nomura

Norman Lehnert

Edward Zinoviev

Sam Stone

Jonathan Dubsky

Mark Slacke

Alexandre Gorchkov

Igor Ovadis

Bobo Vian

Joe Cobden

Brent Skagford

Richard Jutras

Yanick Bousquet

Shanmugasunder Chetty

Mohsen El Gharbi

Andrew Peplowski

David Pryde

Roc LaFortune

Vito DeFilippo

Ellen David

Rosaruby Kagan

Alain Goulem

Carlo Mestroni

Glen Bowser

Zach Fraser

Alexandra Van Loon

Marco Verdoni

Matt Keyes

Edward Yankie

Al Vandecruys

Al Dubois

Francois Cote

François Ducharme

Maurice Demers

Grace Anne

Nathaly Thibault

Benoit Priest

Sigurbjörn Guðmundsson

Natalija Ugrina

Lydia Zadel

Dennis Staroselsky

André Sogliuzzo

Bobby Fischer

Marlène Poulin

Christopher Wilkinson

Edward Zwick

Stephen J. Rivele

Steven Knight

Gail Katz

Steven Rosenblum

Bradford Young

Robert Parle

Isabelle Guay

Renée April

Marianne Bobet

Raymonde Daliberté

James Newton Howard

Martine Giguère-Kazemirchuk

Jean-Pierre Paquet

Frédéric Berthiaume

Matthew Plouffe

Aron Bergmann Magnússon

André Valade

Troy Putney

Victoria Thomas

Daniel Hamelin

Paul Hotte

Daði Freyr Pétursson

Alan Munro

Stéphane Byl

Charlotte Rouleau

Dan Korintus

Denis Lavigne

Anik Drapeau

Bobbi Banks

Bill R. Dean

Beauxregard Neylon

Claire Alary

Tom Fleischman

Bill Sweeney

Mireille Piché

Silver Butler

Cedric Charron

Colleen Quinton

Didier Communaux

Kathy Kelso

Kris Fenske

Louis Craig

Isabel Henderson

Jean Gagnon

Siurbjorn Gudmundsson

Jacky Lavoie

Annie Carpentier

Alexis Bureau

Tyler Hall

Nathalie Garon

Darin Rivetti

Roger Paquin

Louis Marion

Chris Navarro

Jean-Jacques Dion

Rocco Stallone

Allan Zaleski

Kris A. Jeffrey

Anne-Marie Lanza

Hélène Lamarre

Lon Bender

Matthew Haasch

Linda Drake

Josiane Jospitre

Veronique Meunier

Geneviève Parent

Renato De Cotiis

Eric Hirsch

Michael Miller

Tim Connolly

Sean Graham

Sabrina Trudel

Justine Baker

Eric McAllister

Alex Krimm

Cynthia Patton

George Billinger III

Eric Aubin

Francis Comeau

Etienne Geoffron

Mario Davignon

François Daignault

Patrick Bourbonniere

Paul Duchesne

Thor Eliasson

Martine Gagnon

Pierre Daudelin

Shannon DeWolfe

Jean-Maurice de Ernsted

Stephane St-Pierre

Alexandre Bouchard

Mike Bonnaud

Tommy Diotte

Kim Larouche

Reno

**With this 'Searching for Bobby Fischer' is over for me.**

I know Bobby Fischer a genius American chess player, in fact, after watching the 'Searching for Bobby Fischer', which is another biopic as this one. Other than that I know nothing about his life, so I'm very thankful for this film. From the director of many sensational flicks comes this to inspire you. Wait, did I say inspire, but I'm little confused over how this film to be considered. Bobby Fischer was a great player, but he had some mental issues. So you can compare him to John Nash from 'A Beautiful Mind', except they're from different fields, but very intelligents.

This film was a little patriotic abut the American nation, especially defeating the Russians in the chess game. So I'm being neutral here. Bobby was the one to focus how he makes his life big with the game that requires a brain. The story began with short span of childhood and then soon skipped to adult Bobby Fischer competing in a biggest tournament in the world, a championship against the best. Nicely filmed with lots of exciting scenes, particularly Tobey Maguire as the main lead was brilliant. Liev Schreiber was another surprise with his frequent on and off role.

Good film, but feels it is not complete, there should have more to it and like I said earlier, it has impacted, but not inspiring way which is why I'm doubting the screenplay. A man like him and a film about him should have nominated for several international awards, including the Golden Globe and the Oscars. Sadly, it failed at the box office, as well as to get recognised at the film festival circuits. Still, it got praised, looks not for the artistic work, but as the compensation. If you watch it, you will know there's something wrong, otherwise a film like this won't go unnoticed. I hope someone else makes another film about him in a grand way. Meanwhile, it is a good watch, but what do you expect from the Bobby Fischer like his game or personal issues will decide how much you liked it.

_7/10_

CinemaSerf

This could have been a fascinating account of the troubled life of American chess prodigy Bobby Fischer - unfortunately, Tobey Maguire just couldn't quite convince me that he was that man! The well documented life of this chess genius and of his many demons is the stuff of public record, but this interpretation borders on the melodramatic just a bit too often, and the lead performance is way too one-dimensional for me to get beyond the initial reaction that he was a bit of an arse. An hugely accomplished master of his craft, but as an human being - an arse. There are flashbacks to try and give us some guidance as to the causes of his paranoia. His mother was a communist living in the USA so he genuinely believed that the FBI were listening in on him from a very early age - a neurosis that never left him - and as such his sense of trust was internally compromised and his ability to form meaningful relationships never remotely developed. Liev Schreiber - who really only features towards the very end, does indicate a bit of the grace and professionalism of arch-rival Boris Spassky but that is delivered by Edward Zwick in an almost grudging fashion: the pesky Ruskies will do just about anything to win - except, that is, play fair! It does demonstrate the effectiveness of the cold war chess battle that many of us will recall from the 1970s, but it could have been much more adventurous and less stereotypical with it's characters.

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