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American chess champion Bobby Fischer prepares for a legendary match-up against Russian Boris Spassky.

Type:

Movie

Genre:

Thriller, Drama,

Release Date:

Sep 16, 2015

Director:

Edward Zwick,

Writer:

Stephen J. Rivele (Screenplay), Christopher Wilkinson (Screenplay), Steven Knight (Screenplay),

Cast:

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,

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Reno 29/09/2016

**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 14/06/2025

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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