SunnyHello Nice effects though.

Listonixio Fresh and Exciting

Sexyloutak Absolutely the worst movie.

Usamah Harvey The film's masterful storytelling did its job. The message was clear. No need to overdo.

Diane Ruth An astounding performance by Emily Watson sets the screen ablaze in this interesting adaptation of the Nabokov novel. John Turturro is very good in his scenes with Watson but it appears his work in this film is energized by the fabulous talent of his co-star. This motion picture is a perfect showcase for Emily Watson as it highlights what mesmerizes audiences when she is on screen: An understated, haunting performance; Eyes that say more than all the dialog in the world ever could; Electric charisma; Quiet beauty with a smoldering sexuality just beneath the surface. These qualities are simply overwhelming in this movie and it is impossible to take one's eyes off the screen whenever this stunningly gifted actress in projected there.

semenyatk very few chess movies have been made over the last couple of years ,but this one is more than just a chess movie its a story about the need to be loved and the need to win it,John Toturro plays a psychologically challenged man ,nothing matters to him accept 64 squares and 32 pieces ,the game validates him as a person ,when he looses a game he looses the one thing that makes sense to him and John Torturro expresses this in a beautiful fashion,even the love of a woman was not enough to save him from his sad existence.It makes you wonder if there other Luzon's out there who obsess about the game,i am sure they are,if you are a chess enthusiast it won't hurt to watch it.Its an intelligent piece of work laid out properly and executed well,it achieves its objectives,unfortunately i doubt if there will be sequel.

wheck I'm not sure what the people who produce a movie like this are really thinking. Even though I can appreciate an adaptation that radically alters plot, setting, and dialogue (I'm thinking here of Robert Altman's "The Long Goodbye", which I've just recently seen), "The Luzhin Defence" tampers with the book's intelligence. Did the director and screenwriter think that Nabokov's characters were too boring? Didn't wear nice enough clothes? Talked too little? Or was the book not melodramatic enough for them? The combination, book and movie taken together, is itself something out of a Nabokov story; one detail of the story might have been the producers waiting for the author to die so that they could adapt his story in a way he would never have stood for.

Gunter Sharp This movie is frustrating because the director can't decide what type of movie to make. Should it be a love story? This approach won't work because there is little development of the relationship between hero and heroine; the hero's character is so shallow that it's hard to imagine any lady falling in love with him. Should it be a period piece? The director doesn't take advantage of the natural beauty of the northern Italian lake district. One would have hoped that at least one of the hotels would be recognizable, or that through the mist one would see some Cyrillic characters on the presumably Russian railway carriages. And where does one find a rail station without people except the principal actors? Should the movie appeal to chess enthusiasts? There is insufficient detail to appeal to them. Perhaps the movie is intended to showcase Emily Watson's beauty? Or perhaps to tell the story of the hero's obsession with chess? Rating: 4 out of 10.