Teases us into believing it's interested in global questions and hard-to-find answers, when really all it wants is to dazzle us with brute force, then dump us before we realize we've been had.
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01/14/05
Game Over - Kasparov and the Machine (2003)
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Reviews Counted:28
Fresh:21
Rotten:7
Average Rating:6.6/10
Theatrical Release:Dec 3, 2004 Limited
Synopsis: In 1997, amidst much media fanfare about the showdown between artificial and human intelligence, chess grandmaster Gary Kasparov lost a set of matches against IBM's "thinking" computer Deep Blue.... [More]
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Reviews for Game Over - Kasparov and the Machine
It piques our interest in a subject we knew little about and never thought we'd care to see on a screen, then wastes our newfound curiosity through a lack of material and directorial diligence.
12/31/04
Tells a gripping story that resonates with numerous subtexts.
12/16/04
This is all great, compelling stuff, and although director Jayanti sometimes goes overboard with his technique (weird inserts, strange camera angles), it's a story that practically tells itself.
12/08/04
This deflating documentary gives up its quest for answers too easily.
12/06/04
Top CriticHas the paranoid tone and narrative urgency of a conspiracy thriller.
12/03/04
Vikram Jayanti's solid documentary is still fairly suspenseful.
12/03/04
Top CriticDirector Vikram Jayanti makes a nail-biter out of the historic 1997 match between the charismatic, mordantly funny Kasparov and the steamer trunks of circuitry.
12/03/04
Top CriticGripping, suspenseful, and spiced with fascinating information about the long history of chess between human and mechanical opponents.
12/02/04
Vikram Jayanti's gripping documentary Game Over reminds us that chess legend Garry Kasparov's greatest victory was charged with political significance.
11/30/04
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11/29/04
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11/29/04
A film which builds into a gripping blend of When We Were Kings and 2001: A Space Odyssey.
11/29/04
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