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Summary
Based on a true story from 1998, five Latino and Black teenagers from the toughest underserved ghetto in Miami fight their way into the National Chess Championship under the guidance of their unconventional but inspirational teacher.
Good for
- Family movie night
- Friends night
- Kids
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At a glance
Critics vs audiences
Critics like it more than audiences (+13)
Critics 81Audiences 68GoodWatch 74
Tomatometer97%
Metascore65
Audience score89%
IMDb6.5
User score5.0
Running time
1 h 57 min
A typical length for dramas, +8 min on the typical 109
typical 109117Half of all dramas run 98–125 min.
Reach
Streams in 20 countries, rent or buy in 33 more
+10Released
2020
December 18, 2020
6 years ago
Genre
DramaLanguage
English
Original language
Also spoken
SpanishMade in
- United States
18 of 18
John LeguizamoMario Martinez
Rachel Bay JonesPrincipal Kestel
Michael Kenneth WilliamsMr. Roundtree
Corwin C. TugglesSedrick Roundtree
Jorge Lendeborg Jr.Ito Paniagua
Angel Bismark CurielRodelay Medina
Will HochmanGil Luna- JBJeffry BatistaMarcel Martinez
Zora CasebereChanayah
Ramses JimenezAndre Lamar
Todd Allen DurkinDetective Ransone
Brandon SomersHarutyun Akopyan- IBIsaac BeverlyPickle
Ruben E. A. BrownDonny
Sydney ArroyoCornelia
Carlos GuerreroMr. Mann- MLMichele LepeNews Reporter
Tatum PriceFlight Attendant
Directing · 1
- John Leguizamo Director, Executive Producer
Writing · 1
- Dito Montiel Writer
Production · 9
- Emilio Estefan Jr. Executive Producer
- Carla Berkowitz Executive Producer
- Harvey Chaplin Executive Producer
- Jason Mandl Producer
- Scott M. Rosenfelt Producer
- Avy Kaufman Casting
Camera · 1
- Zach Zamboni Director of Photography
Editing · 1
- Jamie Kirkpatrick Editor
Sound · 1
- Chris Hajian Original Music Composer
Art · 3
- J. Mark Harrington Production Design
- Lewis Zucker Art Direction
- Mark Dane Set Decoration
Costume & Make-Up · 2
- Danny Santiago Costume Design
- Carol Raskin Hair Department Head
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