A brilliant but troubled New Zealand chess champion finds purpose by teaching underprivileged children about the rules of chess and life.... (Full plot summary below)
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A brilliant but troubled New Zealand chess champion finds purpose by teaching underprivileged children about the rules of chess and life.
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| Globe and MailBrad WheelerThe cinematography is evocative – rainy, rich, gritty and raw, for this inspiring but not always pretty story – and Curtis is 100-per-cent watchable as a puffy, mumbling shuffler whose chess lessons double as life strategies. |
| Boston HeraldJames VerniereIf there were any justice in the Academy Awards, Curtis would be a front runner for Best Actor for this "Raging Bull"-level performance. |
| Chicago Daily HeraldDann GireWe've seen a thousand mentor-making-a-difference movies before, but not like this one. |
| Film Journal InternationalEdward DouglasA beautiful and truly inspirational film from beginning to end, The Dark Horse [...] [is] a hidden gem well worth tracking down. |
| Los Angeles TimesRobert AbeleIf its wobbliness doesn't always serve its commanding central performance, the movie does mark a sensitive, low-key approach to outsiders of any kind, one that legitimizes their struggle without selling them as ready-made saints. |
| AV ClubJesse HassengerThe Dark Horse may not entirely work as a film, but it has an unexpected amount of gritty idiosyncrasy on its side. |
| Associated PressSandy CohenGen is such a big-hearted character that his story is more than just a portrait of overcoming mental illness or a tale of a loving mentor taking his rag-tag team to the top. |
| The Young FolksGary Shannon"The Dark Horse" fully understands that it requires more than cheap uplift to make its true story a truly 'good' goodhearted film rather than just a goodhearted one. |
| East Bay ExpressKelly VanceA serious, even solemn, tale of personal redemption. |
| Consequence of SoundDominick Suzanne-MayerIt's to The Dark Horse's great benefit that this is the rare inspirational true-life story that doesn't shoehorn a fountain of relentless optimism for the future into the proceedings. |
