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Title: The most underrated movie ever.
Review: Too many people try to pass this film off as just a family picture, a story about a father and son, but it operates on so many other levels that such an evaluation hardly does it justice.I once spent an entire evening, with a then film student/now film maker friend of mine, just discussing the basic aspects of the movie (like character relations, cinematography, the flow of the script, etc.). We concluded that the father/son story is really one of the more insignificant (still important, just not /as/ important) themes of the movie.Combine that with superb acting from Kingsly, Fishburn, Mantegna, and the young Max Pomeranc, and this movie should be required viewing for everyone of any age. And let me restress the fine acting from Pomeranc (who plays the child chess prodigy). About the only other place you'll see a child act as well is in "6th Sense".Get this movie today, and make all your friends and family watch it. I don't think you'll be disappointed.
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