Mania filled movie

Rating: 1/10 (10 April 2020)

09Apr2020 {1/10stars = F} Recommend? No; Looong slow movie, with a lot of shaky cam.
I only know two things about Bobby Fischer, his name and that he was a Chess champion. What I can say about the movie it is SO! VERY! SLOW! it drags on and on! It is just shy of two hours but felt at least twice as long.
Very poorly written and directed movie full of scenes that jump from one thing to another not showing anything of some chess matches and right back to more ranting, raving and paranoid delusions from Bobby! Even if every paranoid delusion and outburst in the movie from Bobby is true it is portrayed very poorly and have no empathy or connection with Bobby. The movie starts with a time jump ahead, don't miss that part.
Like other reviews said, I thought Boris, Father Bill and Paul were well acted. But Tobey Maguire as Bobby seemed more like a petulant spoiled kid having tantrums throughout the movie. After awhile I got numb to Bobby's hissy fits and couldn't wait for the movie to end. They should have chosen a better suited actor to play Bobby or not made the movie.
CONTENT ADVISORY: One occurance of the f-word, Bobby meets a hooker that happens to be staying at the same hotel as him and tells her that he wants to lose his virginity, later they are shown in bed together Bobby without a shirt on sitting up in bed mostly covered by a blanket that starts at the middle of his chest and talking about chess moves. The hooker lays next to him on her stomach touching Bobby's arm with her bare back to the camera.
Bobby hints at wanting her to leave so she says, "Well it was great for me too. Thank you." Bobby replies, "Thank you" as he looks the opposite direction from the hooker. Hooker sits up on the edge of the bed with her back to the camera and everything below the lower back is blocked by the blanket on the bed. No other nudity is shown. A lot of cigarette smoking and occasional hard alcohol drinking, even the priest is shown drinking the hard alcohol and in one scene smokes a cigarette.
{1=F 2=D- 3=D 4=C- 5=C 6=B- 7=B 8=A- 9=A 10=A+}