Directed by:
Evan OppenheimerScreenplay:
Evan OppenheimerCinematography:
Derek McKaneComposer:
Peter LuryeCast:
Makenna Ballard, Ralph Macchio, Fatima Ptacek, Janeane Garofalo, F. Murray Abraham, Kimberly Quinn, Oona Laurence, Rachel Dratch, Olympia Dukakis (more)Plots(1)
Ten year old Maxine Kuftinec (known as Max by one and all) lives in Greenwich Village, with her overworked parents and her little sister. Max is happily ensconced at her local public school, but when the opportunity arises for her to switch to the Blackstone Academy, a prestigious uptown all-girls private school, she feels obliged to do so. Max doesn't fit in immediately at the Blackstone Academy, amidst the privileged girls who get picked up in giant black SUV's every day. She stops by the chess club one day, thinking that someone there can teach her how to play - but she is humiliated by Isabella, the alpha girl among her new classmates (and Max's nemesis), who quickly ascertains Max's ignorance, and publicly ridicules her for it. Eventually, at the Washington Square chess boards, she meets a grizzled codger named Norman who may be able to help her, in learning both how to play chess and how to deal with her new life. But Norman's way of teaching her is very... unusual. (Main Street Films)
(more)Cast
![Makenna Ballard](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/485/160485489_280863.jpg)
Makenna Ballard
Best movies:
A Little Game (2014)
![Ralph Macchio](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/166/760/166760697_764d24.jpg)
Ralph Macchio
USA
Best movies:
Crossroads (1986)
My Cousin Vinny (1992)
The Outsiders (1983)
![Fatima Ptacek](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/162/246/162246867_a47a39.jpg)
Fatima Ptacek
Best movies:
Before I Disappear (2014)
The Rebound (2009)
A Little Game (2014)
![Janeane Garofalo](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/163/755/163755517_e99396.jpg)
Janeane Garofalo
USA
Best movies:
Ratatouille (2007)
Duane Hopwood (2005)
Come As You Are (2019)
![F. Murray Abraham](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/164/413/164413206_8c59ea.jpg)
Kimberly Quinn
Best movies:
Hidden Figures (2016)
St. Vincent (2014)
A Little Game (2014)
![Oona Laurence](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/167/022/167022619_065c4a.jpg)
Oona Laurence
USA
Best movies:
Southpaw (2015)
Big Time Adolescence (2019)
Pete's Dragon (2016)
![Rachel Dratch](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/278/278668_be9166.jpg)
Rachel Dratch
USA
Best movies:
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse (2023)
Just Go with It (2011)
Click (2006)
![Olympia Dukakis](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/164/415/164415448_22d88d.jpg)
Olympia Dukakis
USA
Best movies:
Naked Gun 33 1/3: The Final Insult (1994)
Cloudburst (2011)
Mr. Holland's Opus (1995)
![Tovah Feldshuh](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/163/902/163902509_62d378.jpg)
Tovah Feldshuh
USA
Best movies:
Holocaust (1978) (series)
The Believer (2001)
A Walk on the Moon (1999)
Frank Pando
Best movies:
When They See Us (2019) (series)
The Visitor (2007)
A Little Game (2014)
Evie Paller
Best movies:
A Little Game (2014)
The Amazing Spider-Man 2 (2014)
True Story (2015)
Gabriel Rush
Best movies:
The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014)
Moonrise Kingdom (2012)
The Immigrant (2013)
Franklin Ojeda Smith
Best movies:
Invincible (2006)
Soul Men (2008)
Footsteps in the Sand (2010)
Fina Strazza
USA
Best movies:
A Little Game (2014)
Above the Shadows (2019)
A Christmas Melody (2015) (TV movie)
Edward Schmidt
Best movies:
A Little Game (2014)
Allyson Morgan
Best movies:
A Little Game (2014)
She Wants Me (2012)