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Critical Thinking

The true story of the Miami Jackson High School chess team which was the first inner city team to win the U.S. National Chess Championship.

Director

John Leguizamo

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Cinema Veritas,NRSP,Perfect Balance

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Mr. Martinez

Principal Kestel

Rachel Bay Jones

Mr. Roundtree

Michael Kenneth Williams

Sedrick Roundtree

Corwin C. Tuggles

Oelmy 'Ito' Paniagua

Jorge Lendeborg Jr.

Rodelay Medina

Angel Bismark Curiel

Marcel Martinez

Gil Luna

Chanayah

Andre

Pickle

Detective Ransone

Todd Allen Durkin

Detective Vargas

Michael Rivera

Cornelia

Jitney Driver

Lawanda

Snooty Man

Female TD

Concerned Coach

Alberto

Gabriel Bonilla

Donny The Crackehad

Ruben E. A. Brown

Female Reporter

Drunk Man

Flight Attendant

Akopyan

Tournament Director #2

Christy Antonio

Ned

Real Martinez

Real Sedrick

Sedrick Roundtree

Real Ito

Real Marcel

Marcel Martinez

Real Gil

Real Rodelay

Akopyan's Father

David Brownstein

TD #1

Hustler

Daniel Augustin

2nd Reporter

Emily Leguizamo

Tough Junkie

Fernando Morales

Mr. Mann

Carlos Guerrero

Chess Player

Danitza Vazquez Maccarini

Chanaya's Friend

Extra

Chess Player

Big Sailor Baby

Hooker

Gabrielle Barlatier

Student

Alex Bernadotte

Extra

Mother

Hotel Receptionist

Woman in restaurant and plane

Background

Friend

Judge

Chess Player

Teacher

Santos Caraballo

Chess Competition Judge

Cab Driver

K.C. Colebrooke

Chess Player

Grandfather in Restaurant

Joseph Giambrone

Chess player

Francisco D Gonzalez

Chess Referee

David W. LeBlanc

Shooting Witness

Eneida Mascetti

Student

Referee

Teacher

Chess Judge

Pretty Latina

Student

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And cardinals' Mark mcgwire - Critical Thinking

And cardinals' Mark mcgwire

Homer number 62
to continue his hot streak. - Critical Thinking

Homer number 62 to continue his hot streak.

You're not really
gonna try and give me - Critical Thinking

You're not really gonna try and give me

You see, I would though, but ray already
skimped me on the platanos, dawg, - Critical Thinking

You see, I would though, but ray already skimped me on the p...

- Nope. Not this year.
- Yeah, I didn't think so. - Critical Thinking

- Nope. Not this year. - Yeah, I didn't think so.

Okay, now in the opening,
white always moves first. - Critical Thinking

Okay, now in the opening, white always moves first.

So, white has multiple openings, - Critical Thinking

So, white has multiple openings,

Then black is gonna counter
with a choice of defenses, - Critical Thinking

Then black is gonna counter with a choice of defenses,

The last thing I need
is for kestel to come in - Critical Thinking

The last thing I need is for kestel to come in

So, now... now you think
you can go up against people - Critical Thinking

So, now... now you think you can go up against people

All right, people,
so the first proof today is gonna be - Critical Thinking

All right, people, so the first proof today is gonna be

So, white plays e4,
black attacks aggressively to d5. - Critical Thinking

So, white plays e4, black attacks aggressively to d5.

And then black pawn down. Okay? - Critical Thinking

And then black pawn down. Okay?

Now, this breaks
all the rules for beginners - Critical Thinking

Now, this breaks all the rules for beginners

All right now people this is gonna be very basic for some of you - Critical Thinking

All right now people this is gonna be very basic for some of...

If I was your boss, I would,
but I'm your teacher - Critical Thinking

If I was your boss, I would, but I'm your teacher

- Watch what's gonna happen.
- I'll call you out next so don't play. Don't play. - Critical Thinking

- Watch what's gonna happen. - I'll call you out n...

- I should be teaching actually.
- So, I'm gonna counter with this little defensive move. - Critical Thinking

- I should be teaching actually. - So, I'm gonna counte...

Rivera here refused to answer Mr. Rochelle,
then he took a swing at him. - Critical Thinking

Rivera here refused to answer Mr. Rochelle, then he took a s...

Come on, go inside and wait by my
desk, all right? Come on. - Critical Thinking

Come on, go inside and wait by my desk, all right? Come on.

As long as their ranking
and our g.R. Goes up, - Critical Thinking

As long as their ranking and our g.R. Goes up,

So, if I need a babysitter
because some kid is messing - Critical Thinking

So, if I need a babysitter because some kid is messing

And as attendance has been
your one area of true greatness, - Critical Thinking

And as attendance has been your one area of true greatness,

I'm sorry, but immigration has a way
of messing with attendance numbers. - Critical Thinking

I'm sorry, but immigration has a way of messing with at...

Well, look, if you hired me
just to fill up bilingual quota, - Critical Thinking

Well, look, if you hired me just to fill up bilingual quota,

You're underestimating me okay - Critical Thinking

You're underestimating me okay

Now, Michael, you got
two choices here, okay? - Critical Thinking

Now, Michael, you got two choices here, okay?

One, do nothing, - Critical Thinking

One, do nothing,

I swear. I swear
there's gonna be one day - Critical Thinking

I swear. I swear there's gonna be one day

I want you to review
scholar's mate for me - Critical Thinking

I want you to review scholar's mate for me

- I'm Dominican, jit.
- Dominican, whatever. - Critical Thinking

- I'm Dominican, jit. - Dominican, whatever.

'Cause I was telling jungle book
over here to pick up my queen - Critical Thinking

'Cause I was telling jungle book over here to pick up m...

Ito, ito, I don't want
to be judgmental, man, - Critical Thinking

Ito, ito, I don't want to be judgmental, man,

Hey, Cornelia and roddy,
one more outburst, and I swear... - Critical Thinking

Hey, Cornelia and roddy, one more outburst, and I swear...

You're gonna start a fight, you're
gonna put a beat down on your classmate - Critical Thinking

You're gonna start a fight, you're gonna put a bea...

Worst case scenario,
he gets a black eye - Critical Thinking

Worst case scenario, he gets a black eye

I want you to look up
the definition - Critical Thinking

I want you to look up the definition

X or would you really
jump on my return x - Critical Thinking

X or would you really jump on my return x

Yeah. Except this was a kid
just walking home from school. - Critical Thinking

Yeah. Except this was a kid just walking home from school.

I will say, well, unfortunately, - Critical Thinking

I will say, well, unfortunately,

Hey, do you guys know,
um, about Pablo neruda? - Critical Thinking

Hey, do you guys know, um, about Pablo neruda?

Who wrote, - Critical Thinking

I think the poem is about,
you know, being liberated - Critical Thinking

I think the poem is about, you know, being liberated

And now, there's so many
times I think about it - Critical Thinking

And now, there's so many times I think about it

I just had a rough night.
You know how work can get. - Critical Thinking

I just had a rough night. You know how work can get.

So, we need to start
really considering - Critical Thinking

So, we need to start really considering

Then we start by showing up.
Right, Mr. paniagua? - Critical Thinking

Then we start by showing up. Right, Mr. paniagua?

Look, my man,
if you oversleep again, - Critical Thinking

Look, my man, if you oversleep again,

Yo. Don't give up on him, Mr. t.
He'll come around. - Critical Thinking

Yo. Don't give up on him, Mr. t. He'll come around...

No offence to jaren, but he ain't
gonna be of much value to the team. - Critical Thinking

No offence to jaren, but he ain't gonna be of much valu...

Listen, I was thinking
maybe I could go talk to Gil - Critical Thinking

Listen, I was thinking maybe I could go talk to Gil

You mean the guy who quit
when you punched him in the face - Critical Thinking

You mean the guy who quit when you punched him in the face

And the giant alien
in the background, - Critical Thinking

And the giant alien in the background,

I just shoot aliens and people, man.
I don't know. - Critical Thinking

I just shoot aliens and people, man. I don't know.

Look, me, you, ro, ito,
we can be something special. - Critical Thinking

Look, me, you, ro, ito, we can be something special.

All four of us, that's a team. - Critical Thinking

All four of us, that's a team.

- Good game. Yeah.
- He's back! - Critical Thinking

- Good game. Yeah. - He's back!

X man, I'm back on the scene
if you know what I mean kx - Critical Thinking

X man, I'm back on the scene if you know what I mean kx

All right, class, - Critical Thinking

All right, class,

Now, morphy was an American, - Critical Thinking

Now, morphy was an American,

Who said, "if the
chess board superseded the poker table, - Critical Thinking

Who said, "if the chess board superseded the poker tabl...

And he played white, - Critical Thinking

And he played white,

So, the Duke counters with dé, - Critical Thinking

So, the Duke counters with dé,

"Who the hell is that?" - Critical Thinking

"Who the hell is that?"

Only... only one of the greatest - Critical Thinking

Only... only one of the greatest

So, the Duke then
moves down the bishop to g4 - Critical Thinking

So, the Duke then moves down the bishop to g4

So, morphy pawn takes,
bishop takes, morphy takes. - Critical Thinking

So, morphy pawn takes, bishop takes, morphy takes.

Cornelia,
how am I gonna get you out - Critical Thinking

Cornelia, how am I gonna get you out

Uh, I think it would be
the g-knight to f6, - Critical Thinking

Uh, I think it would be the g-knight to f6,

So, morphy now counters
very interestingly - Critical Thinking

So, morphy now counters very interestingly

But steinitz, - Critical Thinking

That is
the stupidest mistake ever - Critical Thinking

That is the stupidest mistake ever

That was a killer move,
no doubt, - Critical Thinking

That was a killer move, no doubt,

All right, so bishop plays g5, - Critical Thinking

All right, so bishop plays g5,

Then the Duke plays pawn to b5, - Critical Thinking

Then the Duke plays pawn to b5,

Because now, morphy brilliantly
plays the knight and takes. - Critical Thinking

Because now, morphy brilliantly plays the knight and takes.

So, the Duke plays the knight
to d7 to block that check. - Critical Thinking

So, the Duke plays the knight to d7 to block that check.

And white long castles queenside - Critical Thinking

And white long castles queenside

Show me... show me what we
should do with that rook - Critical Thinking

Show me... show me what we should do with that rook

And now, finally, the only piece
not doing anything in this game, - Critical Thinking

And now, finally, the only piece not doing anything in this ...

So, black queen goes down on e6 - Critical Thinking

So, black queen goes down on e6

Morphy's tried to do a little
queen-on-queen action right here. - Critical Thinking

Morphy's tried to do a little queen-on-queen action rig...

- Gil?
- He could, but not when you're pressing your opponent, - Critical Thinking

- Gil? - He could, but not when you're pressing your op...

Bishop takes the rook - Critical Thinking

Bishop takes the rook

This is the beauty
of morphy's game - Critical Thinking

This is the beauty of morphy's game

No, no, it would be
a whack move, - Critical Thinking

No, no, it would be a whack move,

That would be the unthinkable - Critical Thinking

That would be the unthinkable

Unless it's for a checkmate. - Critical Thinking

Unless it's for a checkmate.

Hal - Critical Thinking

So, you see,
morphy sacrificed all his pieces - Critical Thinking

So, you see, morphy sacrificed all his pieces

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The true story of the Miami Jackson High School chess team which was the first inner city team to win the U.S. National Chess Championship.

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Director: John Leguizamo

Writer: Dito Montiel

Production: Cinema Veritas,NRSP,Perfect Balance

Genre: drama

Year: 2020

MetaScore: 65/100

ImdbRating: 6.5

BoxOffice: N/A

Released: 04 Sep 2020

Awards: N/A

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