Critical Thinking (2020)

Directed by

John Leguizamo

Genre

drama film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 57m

Rated

U

Rating

6.5 of 10 from 52 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A teacher in Miami forms a chess team with his inner-city students. They work hard and eventually compete for the U.S. National Chess Championship.

inspiringupliftingdeterminedunderdogintensefocusedearnestmotivational

What happens

Critical Thinking is a 2020 American biographical drama film based on the true story of the 1998 Miami Jackson High School chess team, the first inner-city team to win the U.S. National Chess Championship. Critical Thinking was directed by John Leguizamo (in his directorial debut), written by Dito Montiel, executive produced by Carla Berkowitz and Harvey Chaplin, and stars Leguizamo alongside Jorge Lendeborg Jr., Angel Bismark Curiel, Will Hochman, Corwin Tuggles, Jeffry Batista, Ramses Jimenez, Rachel Bay Jones and Michael K. Williams. It was released on September 4, 2020 by Vertical Entertainment. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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