After 7-year-old Josh Waitzken gets hooked on speed chess and becomes a whiz at it, his dad hires an implacable chess master to coach the boy but reassesses his decision when Josh's once-pleasant hobby turns into a source of anxiety and indignation.

• 1 hr 49 min
• Directed by

  Steven Zaillian
• Written by Fred Waitzkin, Steven Zaillian

• Expires in 12 days on Netflix USA
• Starring

  Max Pomeranc

  ,

  Joe Mantegna

  ,

  Joan Allen

  ,

  Ben Kingsley

  ,

  Laurence Fishburne

  ,

  William H. Macy

  ,

  Laura Linney

  ,

  David Paymer

  ,

  Michael Nirenberg

  ,

  Robert Stephens