The Queen's Gambit
The Queen's Gambit (2020)
The Queen's Gambit

Cast

Anya Taylor-Joy, Chloe Pirrie, Bill Camp

Overview

The Queen's Gambit is a 2020 American coming-of-age period drama streaming television miniseries based on Walter Tevis's 1983 novel of the same name. The title refers to the "Queen's Gambit", a chess opening. It was written and directed by Scott Frank, who created it with Allan Scott. Beginning in the mid-1950s and proceeding into the 1960s, the story follows the life of Beth Harmon (Anya Taylor-Joy), a fictional chess prodigy on her rise to the top of the chess world while struggling with drug and alcohol dependency.

Eight-year-old orphan alphabetic character Harmon is quiet, sullen, and by all appearances quotidian. That is, till she plays her initial game of chess. Her senses grow gouger, her thinking clearer, and for the primary time in her life, she feels herself absolutely on top of things. By the age of sixteen, she’s competitive for the U.S. Open championship. however as the alphabetic character hones her skills on the skilled circuit, the stakes get higher, her isolation grows a lot of scary, and therefore the thought of escape becomes all a lot of tempting. supported the book by conductor Tevis.

REVIEW: This TV Mini-series is excellent! it’s fantastic to ascertain Anya Taylor-Joy in a very well crafted show. She shines brightly as the alphabetic character Harmon chess taking part in prodigy. The story takes North American country from once she may be a little woman, orphaned, continued through her teenage Angst years. I extremely advocate this show. nice filming and guiding and after all to urge back to the acting – its prime-notch! I solely want there were over seven episodes.

Rating
4.3
Genre
Drama
Runtime
1 Season
Language
English

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