very few chess movie have be make over the last couple of year and but this one be more than just a chess movie it a story about the need to be love and the need to win it and john toturro play a psychologically challenge man and nothing matter to him accept 64 square and 32 piece and the game validate him a a person and when he loose a game he loose the one thing that make sense to him and john torturro express this in a beautiful fashion and even the love of a woman be not enough to save him from his sad existence . it make you wonder if there other luzon out there who obsess about the game and i be sure they be and if you be a chess enthusiast it would not hurt to watch it . it an intelligent piece of work lay out properly and execute well and it achieve it objective and unfortunately i doubt if there will be sequel .