Monday, November 9, 2020

The Queen's Gambit (TV 2020)

Rotten Tomatoes
The Queen's Gambit (TV 2020): Orphaned chess prodigy works through childhood traumas, struggles with alcohol and pills, and her own genius. It's a "sports movie" like no other. None of the usual characters act to cliched form. It's her life story that steals our attention. A+

2 comments:

Bill Sproull said...

Superb recommendation. Started watching it last night. Each episode was so addictive it was midnight before we knew it! I'm too old to stay up that late, darn it!

Mark Steger said...

on 9/19/2021, "The Queen's Gambit" won an Emmy for Outstanding Limited Series.