Queen to Play
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70 out of 100

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  • Summary: Lovely, repressed and quietly intelligent, French chambermaid Hélène discovers she has a knack for chess. This obsession—much to the chagrin of her husband and teenaged daughter—leads her to seek the clandestine tutelage of a reclusive American doctor—a liaison that radically transforms bothrms both of their lackluster lives. (Zeitgeist Films)… Expand

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 11 out of 17
  2. Mixed: 6 out of 17
  3. Negative: 0 out of 17
  1. The New York Times
    Reviewed by: Stephen Holden
    Mar 31, 2011
    90
    In small but significant ways, Queen to Play defies expectations. It dangles the possibility of an affair between Hélène and Kröger in games that the film likens to courtship rituals in a classic screwball comedy.
  2. Variety
    Reviewed by: Ronnie Scheib
    Mar 28, 2011
    80
    Like Sebastian Silva's "The Maid," Queen posits a radically different approach to class and gender empowerment.
  3. San Francisco Chronicle
    Reviewed by: Mick LaSalle
    May 5, 2011
    75
    Bottaro finds ways to dramatize chess, and the environments are fascinating throughout.
  4. New York Daily News
    Reviewed by: Joe Neumaier
    Apr 1, 2011
    60
    Kline, who has done a lot of chewy character roles after several stage ­triumphs, is as sly and leonine as ever. His performance here obliterates that phony accent he used in "French Kiss."

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