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Game Over: Kasparov and the Machine

Generally favorable reviews
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)
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What The Critics Said
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Christian Science Monitor David Sterritt
Gripping, suspenseful, and spiced with fascinating information about the long history of chess between human and mechanical opponents.
Read Full Review >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.
Read Full Review >Chicago Reader J.R. Jones
An engrossing tale of ego, strategy, and the limits of human intelligence.
Read Full Review >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.
Read Full Review >TV Guide Maitland McDonagh
The competition between man and machine is fogged by distrust and obfuscation. And for now, the result is a draw.
Read Full Review >The Hollywood Reporter Frank Scheck
Tells a gripping story that resonates with numerous subtexts.
Read Full Review >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.
Read Full Review >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.
Read Full Review >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.
Read Full Review >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.
Read Full Review >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.
Read Full Review >The New York Times Ned Martel
This deflating documentary gives up its quest for answers too easily.
Read Full Review >San Francisco Chronicle Peter Hartlaub
Tricks with the camera sully an otherwise informative documentary.
Read Full Review >Boston Globe Janice Page
No one in the film offers a shred of real proof that IBM cheated.
Read Full Review >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.
