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...father Fred. By his eighth birthday, Josh was the top-ranked player of his age. Today, at 16, he still is. And the 1984 book Fred wrote about Josh is now a motion picture. Both have the title Searching for Bobby Fischer, but they could be called Finding a Wise Child -- or A Prince Among Pawns...
...reason. "I never understood the beauty of chess," he says. "But about two years ago, I discovered the artistic, creative side of chess, and that has given me added inspiration. I tell you, I never had such enthusiasm as I do now." Let's hope this wise child never grows...
Connery glides through his role as an icy wise man brilliantly attuned to Japanese customs. Crichton admits that he created Conner with namesake Connery in mind. Conner is really no more than a 90's version of the tutoring Chicago cop Connery played in Brian de Palma's "The Untouchables." Connery demonstrates his usual wit and sly self-confidence but never finds anything in the character that he hasn't played countless times before...
Also, Kaufmann spoils valuable shock potential by casting edgy-psycho specialist Ray Wise as an important senator. There's no question the senator is up to something after Wise's first goofy leer. Some unexpectedly intense eroticism seems thrown in to earn the film its thriller merit badge, but excellent, brooding camera work goes a lot further to keep our interest. The Crichton hit factory churns...
Henry Reno spent 43 years on the crime beat in a town soaked with ugly crimes, without ever becoming a cynic. He would tell his children stories of the cops and judges and officials who were most wise and compassionate and honorable. When Janet Reno grew up, she was shocked to learn that Henry had a reputation as a man who could fix parking tickets. But then she found out that her father had frequently been approached with ticket problems by people of limited means. Not wanting to humiliate them, Henry Reno had kept the tickets and paid the fines...