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Brooklyn Castle (2012)

Brooklyn Castle is a documentary about I.S. 318 – an inner-city school where more than 65 percent of students are from homes with incomes below the federal poverty level – that also happens to have the best, most winning junior high school chess team in the country. (If Albert Einstein, who was rated 1800, were to join the team, he'd only rank fifth best.) Chess has transformed the school from one cited in 2003 as a "school in need of improvement" to one of New York City's best. But a series of recession-driven public school budget cuts now threaten to undermine those hard-won successes.

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Dan C 11 Jun 2013

Really good movie about schoolchildren who thrive to win national chess championships, despite high poverty levels and city crime rates.

Todd G 20 Nov 2012

The pursuit of chess by these junior high students shows the passion of youth vividly, but the story is undeserved by barely exploring the financial troubles of the program. The story of a year with the chess team is supported by the talent and drive of these disadvantaged students. But the story of struggling with budget cuts is watery and never climatic. Each time the resolution is just to write letters to the government and then get their funding back. Hardly a match to the plotting, planning and reacting required in a game of chess. But the movie follows students of I.S. 318, a junior high school in Brooklyn and shows that opportunity does not only come from money or position, but can be earned by hard work. The boys and girls are engaging and live their victories and losses acutely. Comparing to last year's Oscar documentary winner Undefeated, this has many of the same strengths and is likely to be a contender for this year's award.

Elias Savada 05 Jun 2013

With Brooklyn Castle it's really nice to see so many young, positive minds at play in the world, and to cheer on so many smiling children dreaming of enlightened futures.

Todd Jorgenson 26 Oct 2012

The film's structure is routine, but the film doesn't sidestep its more serious issues, while its charming subjects make it a winner both on and off the chessboard.

Joe Neumaier 17 Oct 2012

A sweet testament to the power of intelligence to win over adversity - even in a Brooklyn middle school where the majority of students live below the poverty level.