On Thursday, feature documentary MAGNUS celebrated it´s World Premiere at Tribeca Film Festival in New York, where audience as well as reviewers recieved the film very well.
We have collected some quotes from the Tribeca reviews below.
Screen Daily / David D´Arcy: "Taut and pached with drama at 76 minutes, Magnus is a sure-fire festival sensation"
The Hollywood News / Paul Heath: “MAGNUS, both the film and the person, is remarkable, and truly inspirational. Chess has never been so engrossing, mesmerising or entertaining. Benjamin Ree´s film is a wonderful account of one of the greatest achievers of the past decade, and is an absolute must.”
Film Pulse / Mary Leslie: "I am a sucker for an underdog story, and Magnus hits all the right beats. It´s a story about an adorable - yet clearly introverted - youngster who is bullied in school and then finds something he´s pretty good at.»
We Got This Covered / Lauren Humphries-Brooks: “A film like Magnus has to appeal not only to those in the chess world, but also to the vast majority of us outside it...”
VG Film / Synnnøve Macody Lund: "An exceptionally engaging and gripping film."
Pickynerd.com / “The film conjures remarkable tension for such a personal and intellectual game. Chess has never been quite so riveting.... To make a movie about such an elusive figure is a challenging undertaking, and it´s a testament to the quality of Magnus that the film succeeds as well as it does.”
The film has allready been sold to several territories, Germany and Austria (NFP), Hong Kong (EDKO films Ltd.), former Yugoslavia (Discovery Film) and Benelux (September Film Rights), TV-rights to Israel (Yes DBS Satellite Service), with more territories currently in negotiation.
The now 25-year-old Magnus Carlsen will defend his title against the Russian, Sergey Karjakin and compete for a prize of over $1 million at the World Chess Championship 2016, which is to be held in New York City in November.
MAGNUS is produced by Sigurd Mikal Karoliussen for Moskus Film in co-production with VGTV, Nordisk Film Production and Main Island Production with support from The Norwegian Film Institute, Nordisk Film & TV Fond and Fritt Ord.
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