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Audiences rate it 17 points higher than critics do.
Synopsis
The true story of one man's mission to give inner city kids of Washington DC something he never had - a future. After being incarcerated for eighteen years, Eugene Brown established the Big Chair Chess Club to get kids off the streets and working towards lives they never believed they were capable of. This is his inspirational story.
Ratings
IMDb6.9/10
Rotten Tomatoes38%
Metacritic52/100
Audiences rate it 17 points higher than critics do.
214 audience votes
Key crew
- Jake GoldbergerDirector
- Jake GoldbergerWriter
- David ScottWriter
- Dan WetzelWriter
- Eric V. HachikianOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Cuba Gooding Jr.Eugene Brown
- Malcolm M. MaysTahime
- Kevin HendricksPeanut
- Alani iLongweClifton
- LisaGay HamiltonSheila King
- Dennis HaysbertSearcy
- Rachae Amber ThomasKatrina
- Richard T. JonesPerry
- Paula Jai ParkerGina Sanders
- Jaida - Iman BenjaminRhonda
- Rickey BrownErik
- Pepi SonugaMichelle
