Fresh
A once-in-a-lifetime character makes for a fascinating documentary subject in producer-director Liz Garbus' "Bobby Fischer Against the World."
Gary Goldstein, Los Angeles Times
Bobby Fischer Against the World
2011 · 1h 33m · TV-14
Documentary, Drama
Directed by
Liz Garbus
Overview
The first documentary feature to explore the tragic and bizarre life of the late chess master Bobby Fischer.
Director and cast
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
87%
Tomatometer
Fresh
Liz Garbus's documentary about the great American chess champion Bobby Fischer does its level best to avoid the easy cliche equating madness and genius, except that, in the case of Fischer, the cliche apparently holds up.
Peter Rainer, Christian Science Monitor
Fresh
Tactfully but strongly posits a connection between the genius he brought to an infinitely complex game and the madness that defined his relationship to just about everything else.
A.O. Scott, New York Times
Fresh
Supplies a cracked, conflicted genius trapped in his ceaseless endgame.
Joshua Rothkopf, Time Out New York
Fresh
Garbus handles this decline with tact. The sorry spectacle of the ranting codger never effaces the image of the boy concentrating his entire being over a chessboard. You have to love that kid and pity him.
J. Hoberman, Village Voice
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