Pawn Sacrifice

"Pawn Sacrifice" is interesting enough but it left me curious to learn more about the people it portrays. I think Tobey Maguire is excellent in this and his performance largely carries the movie. I feel the pacing is pretty slow and it starts to drag a bit before the big chess showdown at the end. I actually wish the movie showed glimpses of more chess matches and think it could have been a better use of its runtime. Nonetheless, this is a fascinating movie that studies the fine line between crazy and genius and I thought it was an engaging enough watch, primarily because of Maguire's great lead performance.

Bobby Fischer's story is an interesting one and this portrayal is well done by Tobey.

Tobey Maguire proves once again why he’s one of the best/ most iconic actors of all time!

IF YOU PLAY CHESS THIS IS A MUST SEE.

Chess players might not like the movie because there are some obvious inaccuracies about the game, but as a profile of Bobby Fischer the films holds up as an effective portrait of a mentally disturbed chess genius.

Maguire is quite good and I like how the screenplay refuses to idolize Fischer or waste time explaining chess.

I learned to play chess after seeing this film, which I subsequently rewatched twice (not counting those good old "rewind that sequence!" moments). The non-verbal acting between Maguire (Bobby Fischer) and Schreiber (Boris Spassky) is amazing. True story of the height-of-the-cold-war 1971 World Chess Championship held in Reykjavík, Iceland. Sit back and watch boy genious Bobby Fischer lose... his... mind!

Pawn Sacrifice is a terrific film. It is about American chess prodigy Bobby Fischer who finds himself caught between two superpowers. Tobey Maguire and Liev Schreiber give fantastic performances. The script is good but a little slow at times. Edward Zwick did a great job directing this movie. I enjoyed watching this motion picture because of the drama and history. Pawn Sacrifice is a must see.

Well I will never look at Chess the same way again.... an absolute classic to the mindset of the importance of chess to chess players.

This is an interesting character driven biopic, based on real events. Of course its mainly about chess but it's also about getting an idea of the main character's mindset. It's pretty clear from early on that he has some personal issues and paranoia is an obvious factor at play. It's frustrating watching someone with a clear talent take the decisions and do what he does. I did feel somewhat sorry for him, which is perhaps surprising given his attitude but I understand that people don't necessarily realise that what they believe to be true, isn't necessarily so. I thought Tobey Maguire was a good choice of actor to play the main character, Bobby Fischer. I also thought there was some good cinematography. There are subtitles on screen at times, due to the Russian language being spoken, with Russian media shown reporting on what was happening at the time.