Yawn Sacrifice

Rating: 4/10 (21 September 2016)

Its hard to say what this movie is about.
Its not about chess, as never are you shown what is going on on the board nor is it explained or put into context. We're told the climatic game is considered the greatest game of chess ever played (by some) but we're not told why. Its like being told there is something beautiful behind the curtain and then never shown.
Its not about Bobby Fischer. This might come as a surprise but by the end of the movie you haven't spend more than 2 minutes in a row in the same room as him. You are not given enough details about him to sympathise or loath him. Just a lot of long dumb looks which are never explored. You are again never shown inside his head.
Finally, its not about the cold war for the same reason it is not about Bobby Fischer, because no time is spent on it, the people involved nor their relations. Your just told its on and its the US vs. USSR.
'Searching for Bobby Fischer' is a much better move about Bobby Fischer and chess and its not about ether of those things, officially.