Hatley High

(2003)

★ 4.7 IMDb · 6 votes

Genres: Comedy, Family, Romance

Year: 2003

Runtime: 90 мин

Country: Canada

Director: Phil Price

Cast: Николас Райт, Рашель Лефевр, Nwamiko Madden, Джеймс А. Вудс, Morgan Kelly

Plot

The Canadian teen comedy Hatley High sends up high school sports rituals by placing a most unlikely competitive game at the center of its story: that of chess. Tommy (Nicholas Wright) is a new arrival in his parents' hometown of Hatley, whose mother recently died. He discovers, after the fact, that his mom was once a chess pro and thus a legend in the community. Tommy's chess-fixated peers accept him almost instantly, inferring that he must have inherited his dear mother's skills, but in time Tommy carves out a niche for himself independently of his mom's legacy, and strikes up an enduring romance with Hyacinthe (Rachelle Lefevre) a "chess cheerleader." Two fictional British filmmakers "frame" the tale by filming it for a documentary that they are producing, and thus provide witty, ongoing narration.