A Little Game

A Little Game

Believe You Can Win

2014 · 92 min · ★ 6.5 · Family, Adventure

Ostracized at her posh new uptown school and shaken by the death of her beloved grandmother, a 10-year-old downtown girl finds an unlikely mentor in an irascible chess master, who uses the game to teach Max lessons in resilience, perseverance, and how to embrace inevitable change.

Directed by Evan Oppenheimer · Written by Evan Oppenheimer

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