Raetsonwe Redundant and unnecessary.

Afouotos Although it has its amusing moments, in eneral the plot does not convince.

Megamind To all those who have watched it: I hope you enjoyed it as much as I do.

Rexanne It’s sentimental, ridiculously long and only occasionally funny

Kirpianuscus an old man . in a fall afternoon. playing a game of chess. against himself. poetry. and a lot of errors about the details of a game of chess. but, more important, a lovely story, beautiful animation and touching end. childish solution for win. and a bizarre prize. but the subject is more profound than an impeccable animation. because the great impact source is the reflection of the life of viewer in the images of this gem. if the youngest version of you is in your face.What are you doing ? the game of chess proposed by Jan Pinkava is a reasonable answer. for its symbols. for the signification of the end. for the spirit of an age who seems represent the fall. short, a lovely animation. about yourself.

highkite There's not much to say about this animated short since it runs at about 3 minutes. It won the Academy Award for Best Animated Short (and although it's very memorable, I would agree that there were better ones that year). The animation is superb and the attention to detail is obviously prevalent.This is a story about an old man who sits down at a table to play chess. He takes out his pieces, sets both sides up and begins to play... by himself! He switches back and forth slowly and moves each piece. After a while though, the man stops moving and he's playing with an imaginary friend who looks exactly like him.There isn't much to this story, and it was probably written in about 5 minutes, but the fact of the matter is that for its time, the animation is perfect. The movement of the character is utterly realistic and the setting around him is amazing. The old man's face is also very real, and as he sways from hysterically laughing to frowning, we not only find it hilarious but also very creative."Geri's Game" is one of those animated shorts you just love to see before a movie. As I remember watching movies like "George of the Jungle" and "Men in Black", I remember this little film was always on before, and I always loved it. This is an animated short that children would love to watch over and over and over.

rbverhoef Geri, an old man, is sitting in the park playing a game of chess. With himself. When he has to move with white he is this really old man that needs to ware glasses. When he has to move with black he turns into this mean old man who does not need any glasses, laughs at his opponent and plays too fanatic.'Geri's Game' proves once again that Pixar Animation Studios does not miss. They have not made a failure yet, whether you talk about their animated short or feature films. May be this one is a little less funny than other examples such as 'For the Birds', the animation is flawless. The way the old man changes when he moves back and forth between seats, just that little bit, is wonderfully done. Another great Pixar animated short.

Michael DeZubiria Pixar, especially now that Monsters, Inc. (preceded by the endlessly amusing For The Birds) has been released, is quickly becoming more and more famous for the tremendous quality of the short short animated films that precede their feature films. Geri's Game, which can be seen before A Bug's Life, is one of my favorite of all of Pizar's short animated films. It's a testament to the quality of the film that the punchline (that Geri is playing chess against himself) is not only revealed in the film's tagline, but is also clearly revealed right at the beginning of the film, and yet it still retains the surprising and amusing affect. The editing in this film is so well-done that, as the chess game switches back and forth between Geri and his alter ego, you almost forget that you already saw that he is alone in the park and is therefore playing against himself in this heated game. I just learned from one of the other IMDb reviewers that Pixar dedicated enormous resources just for such a minor detail as to get Geri's coat to crease just right, and that is exactly the kind of thing that makes a good film, especially a short one. That is a tiny detail, but Pixar is so determined for their films to look just right that it is no surprise that they are now winning Oscars left and right for those films. Pixar spends all of the money that they put into their films in just the right places, and this can clearly be seen in the final product. The purpose of these short film is clearly just to add to the huge amount of entertainment that is almost invariably involved in watching a Pixar film, because they can obviously not serve any other purpose, being so short. It's obvious that they are not put in to increase the viewing time of the sometimes rather short films that Pixar puts out, but rather just to increase the enjoyment derived from their films. When you go to see a Pixar film, you get more than your money's worth, and not because the films take up more of your time, but because the quality is so high. If anything, people should be grateful that the people at Pixar are able to create such huge amounts of entertainment in relatively short periods of time, unless you have nothing better to do than spend your days in a movie theater. While that is definitely how I would personally LIKE to spend my days, I just don't have the time, and I am grateful that Pixar is so good at what they do that they are able to provide entertainment of such high quality and not take up two and a half hours of my time. Bravo!