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Hatley High (2003)
Directed by Phil Price
Comedy, Family, Romance · 1h 30m
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.
Cast
Nicolas Wright
Rachelle Lefevre
James A. Woods
Morgan Kelly
Rob deLeeuw
Ilona Elkin
Crew
- Director
- Phil Price
Details
- Release date
- 2003-09-23
- Runtime
- 1h 30m
- Genres
- Comedy, Family, Romance
- Original language
- EN
- Spoken languages
- English
- Countries
- Canada