A Little Game

A Little Game

Believe You Can Win

2014•1h 32m•6.5/10

FamilyAdventure

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6.5/10(33)

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

Ralph Macchio

Tom Kuftinec

Janeane Garofalo

Janeane Garofalo

Sarah Kuftinec

F. Murray Abraham

F. Murray Abraham

Norman Wallach

Fatima Ptacek

Fatima Ptacek

Isabella Diaz

Kimberly Quinn

Kimberly Quinn

Laura Langer

Rachel Dratch

Rachel Dratch

Aunt Diane

Olympia Dukakis

Olympia Dukakis

Yaya

Tovah Feldshuh

Tovah Feldshuh

Blackstone Head of School

Oona Laurence

Oona Laurence

Becky Langer

Makenna Ballard

Max Kuftinec

Fina Strazza

Fina Strazza

Jez Kuftinec

Gabriel Rush

Gabriel Rush

Jaden

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