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Name: Pawn Sacrifice
Released: 2015-9-16
Cast: Tobey Maguire, Peter Sarsgaard, Liev Schreiber, Michael Stuhlbarg, Lily Rabe

Pawn Sacrifice

PG-13
1h 55m
2015

72%

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In a gripping true story set during the height of the Cold War, American chess prodigy Bobby Fischer (Tobey Maguire) finds himself caught between two superpowers when he challenges the Soviet Empire. Also starring Liev Schreiber and Peter Sarsgaard, PAWN SACRIFICE chronicles Fischer's terrifying struggles with genius and madness, and the rise and fall of a kid from Brooklyn who captured the imagination of the world.

Director:

Edward Zwick

Producer:

Gail Katz, Tobey Maguire, Edward Zwick

Writer:

Steven Knight, Stephen J. Rivele

Cast:

Tobey Maguire, Peter Sarsgaard, Liev Schreiber, Michael Stuhlbarg, Lily Rabe, Robin Weigert

Extras

Locked video

Bobby Fischer, the Cold War and the Match of the Century

3 MIN

Rotten Tomatoes® Score

TOMATOMETER®

72%

Critics Consensus: Anchored by a sensitive performance from Tobey Maguire, Pawn Sacrifice adds another solidly gripping drama to the list of films inspired by chess wiz Bobby Fischer.

Reviews

Sunday Times (UK)

Edward Porter

The film’s approach lacks bold gambits, but the story is still a rewarding exhibition.

Pawn Sacrifice paints a portrait that shows us how, when true genius of this kind is discovered, it must be supported to its fullest potential, leaving everyone else to follow in awe of its rare whirlwind.

May 27, 2022

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Richard Crouse

Kicks into gear in its final third as Fischer and Spassky go mano e mano over a chess board as the world watches.

February 3, 2021

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Battleship Pretension

Tyler Smith

It feels more like a re-creation than an actual film; simple, straightforward, and ultimately unmemorable.

Yawningly dull... Desperately wants competitive chess to be seen as exciting, inspiring, and metaphoric in all sorts of directions, from the political to the personal, and fails miserably.

November 15, 2020

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