Chess Story craftily melds the genres of period drama and psychological thriller.
Seldom pushes beyond the bare-minimum dictates of the thriller, only rarely offering up a memorable action sequence.
The film is so caught up in its own romantic notions that it never bothers to question the validity of these ideas.
The image and sound presentation is muscular, but in the guilty annals of Mel Gibson’s career as an actor, the film is
Yes, North Face is half a great movie. The mountain steals the show.
The filmmakers do best when the climbers’ fight for survival isn’t overwhelmed by the ominous time and place.