The Queen's Gambit

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Season 1
  • Network: Netflix
  • Series Premiere Date: Oct 23, 2020
User Score
8.5

Universal acclaim- based on 173 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 152 out of 173
  2. Mixed: 8 out of 173
  3. Negative: 13 out of 173
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  1. HIM78
    Nov 10, 2020
    0
    The only question that arises after watching this series is who in it was most insulted - the men or women who believe that marriage and family are important? Almost all the men here are worthless, weak and certainly not equal to the main character. At the same time, her personality is not revealed - just a character-function with sterile traits. All married women in the series are deeplyThe only question that arises after watching this series is who in it was most insulted - the men or women who believe that marriage and family are important? Almost all the men here are worthless, weak and certainly not equal to the main character. At the same time, her personality is not revealed - just a character-function with sterile traits. All married women in the series are deeply unhappy - they are all abandoned by their traitorous husbands, and now they are forced to die in a traffic accident or from alcoholism. Most young girls are also empty and mediocre - they are only interested in men and clothes. What does this show teach? In fact, nothing, absolutely. Many chess games of the first series do not stand up to any criticism - supposedly professional players build the game worse than beginners. Key takeaway: This show is a complete disappointment with wasted time.… Expand
  2. skeletorcares
    Feb 11, 2021
    3
    The allegory is just too heavy handed for me. We get it, your chess playing has a connection to your life.

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#38 Best TV Season of 2020
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Metascore
79

Generally favorable reviews - based on 28 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 24 out of 28
  2. Mixed: 4 out of 28
  3. Negative: 0 out of 28
  1. Chicago Tribune
    Reviewed by: Michael Phillips
    Oct 30, 2020
    88
    Everything that works in writer-director Scott Frank’s highly bingeworthy adaptation of “The Queen’s Gambit,” which is most everything about it, comes from treating Walter Tevis’ 1983 novel just seriously enough. ... The results aren’t “important," or “improving.” They’re just pretty irresistible.
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  2. USA Today
    Reviewed by: Kelly Lawler
    Oct 28, 2020
    88
    "Queen's" [script] is electrifying. Frank's direction is full of quick cuts, artful framing and beautiful shots. Paired with the superb score, "Queen's" gives the series' many chess matches near Olympic tension and gravitas, as exciting as any great sports film. But "Queen's" wouldn't sing without Taylor-Joy, who turns in one of the best performances of her already celebrated young career.
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  3. Vox.com
    Reviewed by: Emily VanDerWerff
    Oct 27, 2020
    80
    Taylor-Joy’s cerebral acting meshes perfectly with Beth’s story. She’s an actor of micro-expressions, of flickers of eyes and twitches of lips, and what makes The Queen Gambit such a good fit for her is the way she keeps both the viewer and Beth’s opponents at arm’s length.
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