The read
Every source lands within 8 points of the others, across 1,100 audience votes. Scores higher than 85% of the 3,212 2010s thriller movies in this catalog.
Synopsis
During the height of the Cold War, American chess prodigy Bobby Fischer finds himself caught between two superpowers when he challenges the Soviet Empire.
Ratings
IMDb7/10
Rotten Tomatoes73%
Metacritic65/100
1,094 audience votes
Key crew
- Edward ZwickDirector
- Steven KnightScreenplay
- James Newton HowardOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Tobey MaguireBobby Fischer
- Peter SarsgaardFather Bill Lombardy
- Liev SchreiberBoris Spassky
- Michael StuhlbargPaul Marshall
- Lily RabeJoan Fischer
- Sophie NélisseYoung Joan
- Seamus Davey-FitzpatrickTeen Bobby Fischer
- Conrad PlaCarmine Nigro
- Aiden LovekampYoung Bobby Fischer
- Evelyne BrochuDonna
- Robin WeigertRegina Fischer
- Andreas ApergisUncle Paul
