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 an irascible chess master, who uses the game to teach Max lessons in resilience, perseverance, and how to embrace inevitable change.

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Cast

Ralph Macchio

Tom Kuftinec

Janeane Garofalo

Sarah Kuftinec

F. Murray Abraham

Norman Wallach

Fatima Ptacek

Isabella Diaz

Kimberly Quinn

Laura Langer

Rachel Dratch

Aunt Diane

Olympia Dukakis

Yaya

Tovah Feldshuh

Blackstone Head of School

Oona Laurence

Becky Langer

Fina Strazza

Jez Kuftinec

Gabriel Rush

Jaden