A chess prodigy rises through the ranks, battling intimate demons with earnest, melancholy focus.
Cerebral. A late-night trip at a measured pace. Emotionally it is heavy.
Streaming on Netflix.
It stays inside its TV-MA, with moderate sex and nudity, and no real violence.
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In a 1950s orphanage, a young girl reveals an astonishing talent for chess and begins an unlikely journey to stardom while grappling with addiction.
Bittersweet. It earns its ending, but not everyone gets what they want.
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