The most talked show of this year wasn't so overrated afterall, The Queen's Gambit was not only an amazing show but also an extraordinarily realistic tale about a fictional chess prodigy.

Based on a novel of the same name, The Queen's Gambit is blessed with a wonderful story. Its outstanding production effectively makes use of the compelling story to create such a masterpiece. No matter what genre you like, you'll definitely find The Queen's Gambit an extraordinary show. For me, any show set between the 60s-80s is enjoyable in terms of atmosphere and usually soundtrack. Hopefully both of this check out in this show.

Then comes the amazing cast, I believe what makes a story well portrayed is good choice of supporting actor/actress as well as decent enough choice of side characters(especially in shows) since they will in one way or another deliver important messages which if delivered effectively by the actor, can truly excite the audience. Fortunately in the case of The Queen's Gambit, the side characters are played by excellent actors/actresses who contribute massively to the emotional ride this show gives. Not forgetting Anya Taylor-Joy's unexplainably great performance of course, you'll definitely hear her name more in the future.

Since nearly everything in this Show is near perfect, let's talk about what stands out or was hard achieve at such perfection. I think what felt very different in The Queen's Gambit compared to most movies/shows is how realistic the characteristic and behavior of the side characters were, for example, you couldn't classify group them into good/bad, positive/negative or hero/villian. All of them were humans, acting like humans and doing what humans do in real life. This realistic touch is not only achieved by good cast but most importantly its by the amazing emotional writing and character design/development.

Another thing which also grabbed my attention in this show was that nothing felt forced, there was no character acting ridiculously stupid for a plot twist or forced excitement nor was their any character too good or too bad to be real(which falls back to point one). Furthermore, you don't notice any forced feminism,anti-racism or anything of those sorts either, which in my opinion is great since usually movies/shows which force these messages not only fail to have any significant impact on the viewer, it also ruins the viewer's experience and ruins the whole movie/show.

So yeah, long review but The Queen's Gambit is one of the two(other is Chernobyl) miniseries you must watch before calling yourself a cinephile.