Must Go! What absolutely inspiring kids! MUST SEE! by kamcva These kids are absolutely inspiring! This is real life, folks -- not "kid grows up on wrong side of tracks and magically does great." These kids grow up in Brooklyn with very little and they find the...
Go Inspiring! by hockeymomminneapolis We took our 9 year old son to this, and although it was occasionally slow, he sat through it all and talked about it on the ride home. Great story, and it felt like a documentary only at the...
Must Go! Inspiring movie by blheath2012 This was an excellent movie showing what can be done in our schools with teachers and adults that care. The lessons these kids learn while competing in Chess Tournaments are life lessons that will...
100 Chicago Tribune | Michael Phillips See it, and I dare you not to care about what happens to these kids, these Yankees of chess. Read full review
88 Chicago Sun-Times | Roger Ebert Katie Dellamaggiore's inspiring documentary covers two years in the history of the school chess team, during which one team member, Rochelle Ballantyn, approaches her dream of becoming the first female African-American grandmaster in U.S history. Read full review
80 The Hollywood Reporter | John DeFore The feel-good documentary is engaging enough to draw a respectable audience at arthouses, but distribs should work for exposure within communities like the ones this school serves. Read full review
80 New York Daily News | Joe Neumaier A sweet testament to the power of intelligence to win over adversity - even in a Brooklyn middle school where the majority of students live below the poverty level. Read full review