Queen of Katwe – 6.5

A by-the-book sports movie, with no story-arc cliche left unexplored, made interesting and eminently watchable because of its (purported) setting: the slums of Kampala, Uganda. I couldn’t help think of the current hurricane-induced tragedy in Haiti as I watched Phiona’s family evicted from their one room, then washed by a flash flood. Seeing humans triumph over these odds was heartwarming, as always; and learning that the story was true trumped my suspicions that so much could be accomplished through the game of chess.

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