Review of Pawn Sacrifice (2015) by Pongsatorn S — 25 Apr 2017

Pawn Sacrifice is just okay, even though Tobey Maguire does a great job. But there are a lot of defects. 1. Some characters do not get the chance to be, like Donna. She only comes in the first 20-40 minutes of the movie.

(Spoiler) Then come again at the end. Or Bobby's older sister Joan, she just comes in the second half of the story. Both of them should have a longer time on screen. 2. The relationship between Bobby and Father Bill is arid.

So unbelievable that they have known each other for a long time. 3. The action of some characters. Isn't reasonable. 4. Why bring the life of a chess player to tell a movie theater. It can be made into a documentary or a TV movie which is much better.

5. Writing seems to be very defective. Because it can not bring many scenes to be in its right place. Zwick should learn these things and then continue to improve on the next movie.