The Queen's Gambit 2020
Created by Scott Frank, Allan Scott
- Drama
- 1 season
- 7 episodes
- Ended
- TV-MA
Beth Harmon makes her move.
In a 1950s orphanage, a young girl reveals an astonishing talent for chess and begins an unlikely journey to stardom while grappling with addiction.
- Addiction
- Suicide or self-harm
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- MongoLloydon TMDB · Nov 20201/10
I was loving this (pretty much) right up until the last episode when a woke deus ex machina suddenly appears in a Corvair to save the day. The cinematography is nice and the story of triumph rolls right along sans all the normal impediments one might expect. The adoptive mother goes right along with our heroes desire to be a chess champ. I never expected that to be so easy for her, and it was a little too convenient that the father left town and never returned. There ARE a few other implausibilities that annoyed me, like the fact that an 8 year old would become addicted to tranquilizers to the degree that Beth did. Was her mother an addict? That was never even hinted at. People generally don’t develop severe addictions on their own without at least some genetic motivation and you can’t have something that big happen in a film story without explaining it. And what about all the free time she was allowed playing chess in the basement of the orphanage with the custodian. Also, I’m not sure how ALL the dancing came into it, because young Beth never danced around alone in her room. And, another thing I don’t fully understand is Beth’s desire to be a chess champion. Sure, she loves playi
Read the whole review on TMDB - Austinon TMDB · Nov 20209/10
After zipping through this gripping miniseries, I think I have a new favorite Netflix original. Its star, Anya Taylor-Joy, is quickly becoming a favorite as well, delivering a great performance as Beth Harmon, a genius young chess player struggling with substance abuse and mental and emotional hurdles holding her back from her relationships and from true mastery of the game. She's charming, but also cool and calculated, reserved yet fun when she wants to be, and very beautiful and captivating as the lead in a big period drama like this. Her supporting cast carries their weight well, with lots of faces I've never seen, but many that I won't soon forget. The strange cowboy-esque New Yorker Benny Watts (Thomas Brodie-Sangster) and the imposing chess veteran, Soviet world champion Vasily Borgov (Marcin Dorociński) were highlights, both huge parts of what makes the show work and give it some of its biggest emotional moments by the end. Although chess is played on a tiny board and has intricacies far above the heads of most of the audience, careful editing in terms of pacing and commentary has elevated the game here into an exciting spectator sport, even for beginners. When Taylor-Joy's
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Cast
- Anya Taylor-JoyBeth Harmon
- Chloe PirrieAlice Harmon
Crew
- Scott FrankCreator
- Allan ScottCreator
- Walter TevisNovel
- Steven MeizlerDirector of Photography
- Carlos Rafael RiveraOriginal Music Composer
- Michelle TesoroEditor
- Marcus LogesProducer
- Mick AnicetoProducer
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- Limited Series7 eps · 2020
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