Magnus

Name: Magnus
Genre: Documentary
Released: November 18, 2016
Duration: 78 min
Rating: 52

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FilmRise | Release Date: November 18, 2016 | Not Rated

Summary: Magnus Carlsen is widely known as the "Mozart of Chess" because, unlike many chess grandmasters, he not only possesses an innate ability and a remarkable memory, but he blends those attributes with unrivaled creativity and intuition. Memorized moves and calculated probabilities can carry a chess player extremely far. But Magnus’ journeyMagnus Carlsen is widely known as the "Mozart of Chess" because, unlike many chess grandmasters, he not only possesses an innate ability and a remarkable memory, but he blends those attributes with unrivaled creativity and intuition. Memorized moves and calculated probabilities can carry a chess player extremely far. But Magnus’ journey eventually proves that there can be other elements of the game, ones that are impossible to measure or calculate.… Expand

Director: Benjamin Ree

Genre(s): Documentary

Rating: Not Rated

Runtime: 78 min

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Empire Dan Jolin

Jan 18, 2017

An engaging study of a beautiful but mysterious mind, which also reveals the stressful nature of world-class chess tournaments and raises the deep question of where intelligence actually comes from. Read full review

David D'Arcy

Nov 15, 2016

Magnus Carlsen, called the Mozart of chess, became world champion in 2013 at the age of 22. Benjamin Ree’s rousing documentary shows us how this taciturn prodigy got there, and how his family keeps him sane. Read full review

Owen Gleiberman

Nov 25, 2016

Magnus, it turns out, is the anti-Bobby: a fascinatingly “normalized” prodigy. Read full review

Movie Nation Roger Moore

Nov 16, 2016

[Ree] virtually never surprises us, making his film more a celebratory hagiography for proud Norwegians than anything the rest of the world, in and out of chess, can embrace. Read full review

Matthew Anderson

Jan 18, 2017

Watching the goofy boy develop into a man, we share in his experiences and root for him each step of the way. Read full review

Neil Smith

Nov 25, 2016

It’s too brief to convey the intellect and almost mystical ability that underpin Carlsen’s success. Read full review

Jeannette Catsoulis

Nov 17, 2016

[An] insipid and uninformative portrait of singularity and obsession. Read full review

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