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Rated: PG; Genre: Drama; With: Joan Allen, Joe Mantegna and Max Pomeranc
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By Owen Gleiberman
Owen Gleiberman
Owen Gleiberman
Owen Gleiberman is a film critic for EW

SEARCHING FOR BOBBY FISCHER (PG) An egghead Karate Kid, this is also a delicate and touching drama that takes us deep inside the eccentric competitive mystique of grandmaster chess. Seven-year-old Josh Waitzkin (Max Pomeranc) is a chess prodigy, maybe even a genius. His parents (Joe Mantegna and Joan Allen) are in awe of his gift, and also a little frightened by it. Can Josh hone his mastery without disappearing into his own mind, the way the legendary Bobby Fischer did? The chess matches have a thrilling physicality, especially when Josh faces down Vinnie (Laurence Fishburne), a speed-chess hipster who sits all day long in New York's Washington Square Park. A ( 184, Aug. 20) -OG


Posted Aug 27, 1993
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