Superficial HBO documentary about the life of Bobby Fischer. I suppose if you know nothing about Fischer this might be interesting. I found it rather dull. 93 minutes long, and I should saved time and read his wikipedia article. Its nice to see photos of Bobby, and hear little snippets from people who knew him, but so what?
The documentary refrains from judging Fischer's actions or going into the merits of his decsions. For example was the US Government justified in chargng him with a crime for playing chess in 1994 Yugoslavia or pressuring the Japanese Government to jail him in 2004? Nor does it delve into Fischer's complicated attitude toward Religion, or Jews or his love life. After 1980, he's just written off as "Wacky" - y'know like all them nerdy chess players.
Nor does address why Fischer was a Chess Genius. Its as if you did a Tiger Woods documentary and never talked about Golf.
Rating **
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