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23/10/2020 Drama 1h 8m
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Beth Harmon makes her move.

Overview

In a 1950s orphanage, a young girl reveals an astonishing talent for chess and begins an unlikely journey to stardom while grappling with addiction.

Top billed cast

  1. Anya Taylor-Joy

    Beth Harmon

  2. Chloe Pirrie

    Alice Harmon

  3. Marcin Dorociński

    Vasily Borgov

  4. Matthew Dennis Lewis

    Matt

  5. Russell Dennis Lewis

    Mike

  6. Dolores Carbonari

    Margaret

  7. Janina Elkin

    Borgov's Wife

  8. Harry Melling

    Harry Beltik

  9. Isla Johnston

    Young Beth

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Full Cast & Crew

Current Season

Season 1

 2020 | 7 Episodes

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Reviews

A review by MongoLloyd
Written by MongoLloyd on 2020-11-10
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 ...read the rest
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Status
Ended

Original Language
English

Original Name
The Queen's Gambit

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