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Game Over: Kasparov and the Machine

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Game Over: Kasparov and the Machine reviews
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7.5 User Score:

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Based on 16 critic reviews
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Movie Info

Genre(s): Documentary

Written by:

Directed by: Vikram Jayanti

Release Date:
Theatrical: December 3, 2004
DVD: May 31, 2005

Running Time: 87 minutes, Color

Origin: Canada / UK

Summary

RATING: Not Rated

Starring Joel Benjamin, Anatoli Karpov, Garry Kasparov, and Terry Wogan

This documentary captures the drama and history surrounding the precedent shattering chess match where, Garry Kasparov - arguably the greatest human player ever - lost to IBM computer Deep Blue. (ThinkFilm)

What The Critics Said

All critic scores are converted to a 100-point scale. If a critic does not indicate a score, we assign a score based on the general impression given by the text of the review. Learn more...

100

Christian Science Monitor David Sterritt

Gripping, suspenseful, and spiced with fascinating information about the long history of chess between human and mechanical opponents.

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88

Chicago Tribune Michael Wilmington

One of the best films ever about that game, one of the most exciting, instructive and sheerly entertaining of all chess films.

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80

Chicago Reader J.R. Jones

An engrossing tale of ego, strategy, and the limits of human intelligence.

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75

New York Daily News Jami Bernard

Aside from conspiracy theories, Kasparov's undoing inspires a fascinating discourse on genius, competition, humanity and the ghost in the machine.

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75

New York Post Lou Lumenick

Fairly suspenseful.

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70

TV Guide Maitland McDonagh

The competition between man and machine is fogged by distrust and obfuscation. And for now, the result is a draw.

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70

The Hollywood Reporter Frank Scheck

Tells a gripping story that resonates with numerous subtexts.

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70

Variety Robert Koehler

Though it never disguises its sympathies for Kasparov and contempt for a powerful corporation's machinations, documentary is finally a speculation on the limits of the human mind and how truth can never be fully known.

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70

The Onion (A.V. Club) Noel Murray

In spite of clunky effects and often extraordinarily ugly video footage, Game Over works very well just as a sports doc.

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70

Los Angeles Times Kevin Crust

The highly partisan Game Over ably illustrates the often-silly psychological gamesmanship that accompanies world-class chess and nearly catalogs enough circumstantial evidence against IBM to convict.

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63

The Globe and Mail (Toronto) Liam Lacey

Kasparov is a compelling film subject: suave, sardonic and as emotionally high-pitched as he is intellectually gifted.

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60

Village Voice Dennis Lim

Game Over's brazen lopsidedness may diminish its credibility, but it taps into the essence of all conspiracy theories-the desperate desire to believe.

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60

The New York Times Ned Martel

This deflating documentary gives up its quest for answers too easily.

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50

San Francisco Chronicle Peter Hartlaub

Tricks with the camera sully an otherwise informative documentary.

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50

LA Weekly Ron Stringer

Game Over provides no answers.

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38

Boston Globe Janice Page

No one in the film offers a shred of real proof that IBM cheated.

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What Our Users Said

The average user rating for this movie is 7.5 (out of 10) based on 2 User Votes

Note: User votes are NOT included in the Metascore calculation.

Jay W. gave it an8:
Wonderful personality study of a great chess player and even greater whiner, and of a group of IBM techies who never realize that the machine's advantage - a total lack of humanity - is a contagious disease.

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