Janeane Garofalo as Sarah Kuftinec; F. Murray Abraham as Norman Wallach; Tovah Feldshuh as Blackstone Head of School; Olympia Dukakis as YaYa; Ralph Macchio as Tom; Rachel Dratch as Aunt Diane; Kimberly Quinn as Laura; Frank Pando as Officer; Fatima Ptacek as Isabella; Gabriel Rush as Jaden; Graci Carli as Dream Mom; Oona Laurence as Becky; Carson Allsteadt as Max's Classmate; Catherine Urbanek as Jessica; Giovanna Cappetta as Blackstone Academy Chess Club Private Schoolgirl
Rating
NR (Not Rated)
Cinematography
Derek McKane
Language
English
Plot
Ostracized at her posh new uptown school and shaken by the death of her beloved grandmother, a 10 year-old downtown girl finds an unlikely mentor in the form of an irascible chess-master, who uses the game to teach Max lessons in resilience, perseverance, and how to embrace inevitable change.