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Parents need to know that A Little Game is an earnest coming-of-age tale of Max, a 10-year-old girl dealing with change, sadness, and life lessons. The film uses chess to help Max come to terms with the issues she's facing, but the actual chess-playing time is minimal, and the story requires no previous….
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The movie started with an 11-year-old Afro American girl who...
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Dec 11, 2014 · ‘A Little Game’: Film Review A ten-year-old girl receives lessons in life and chess from an irascible old man in Evan Oppenheimer's family-friendly drama By THR Staff
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40% Tomatometer 5 Reviews 44% Audience Score 50+ Ratings Ostracized at her new school and grief-stricken over her grandmother's death, a 10-year-old girl (Makenna Ballard) learns about...
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- Evan Oppenheimer
- PG
- F. Murray Abraham
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A Little Game is nice, family-friendly (for the most part) movie with quality acting. The young stage actress, Makenna Ballard makes her big screen debut as Max, a 10-year-old Manhattenite. Olympia Dukakis as her "Ya-Ya" and F.Murray Abraham as her reluctant mentor.
The story is about a 10-year-old girl named Max, living in Manhattan, NYC, whose interaction with a retired, fellow New Yorker teaches her about life and chess simultaneously. At the beginning, Max goes to a local public school, but her parents feel that she isn't being challenged enough.
- Evan Oppenheimer
- Peter Lurye
- April 26, 2014
- Michael Mailer
Dec 11, 2014 · 1h 32m. By Ben Kenigsberg. Dec. 11, 2014. A precocious 10-year-old girl learns a bit about chess and even more about life in “A Little Game,” a serviceable family film that is hardly a...
A Little Game Reviews. All Critics. Top Critics. All Audience. Verified Audience. John Noonan FILMINK (Australia) A Little Game does feel light enough to be carried away with the next...