Chess Story
Film Movement | Release Date: January 13, 2023 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
80
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Generally favorable reviews based on 5 Critic Reviews
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5
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0
Negative:
0
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80
Los Angeles TimesMichael RechtshaffenJan 19, 2023
Although the blandly nondescript title doesn’t exactly suggest the promise of deep intrigue, Philipp Stölzl’s Chess Story masterfully confounds expectations as a tautly calibrated, intricately constructed Chinese puzzle of a period drama set during Nazi Germany’s annexation of Austria. Read full review
80
Film ThreatBenjamin FranzJan 13, 2023
Chess Story is a subtle, soft-spoken killer of a film. It’s absolutely worth your time if you like World War II-era dramas. Seek it out. Read full review
90
Wall Street JournalKyle SmithJan 12, 2023
Chess Story is a nerve-scraping exercise in grand deception. Read full review
75
Movie NationRoger MooreJan 9, 2023
That’s what Chess Story is, mournful and just cryptic enough to leave you guessing what you just saw, but touched, engaged and intrigued by it, comfortable in realizing that over-explaining is not necessary and would spoil some of the fun. Read full review
75
Slant MagazineWilliam RepassJan 9, 2023
Philipp Stölzl craftily melds the genres of period drama and psychological thriller, not for the purposes of reheated nostalgia, but to shed a cold light on the recursions of historical trauma. Read full review
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