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26 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 100Slant MagazineJesse CataldoSlant MagazineJesse CataldoA movie which sits at the nexus between spoken and written language, the latter mostly of the programming variety.
- 91The A.V. ClubMike D'AngeloThe A.V. ClubMike D'AngeloWhat’s more, it’s fun, generating pleasure not from canned jokes or clichéd plot twists but simply from a sense of unhindered freedom.
- 90The DissolveScott TobiasThe DissolveScott TobiasComputer Chess may seem like a novelty item, but it’s that and more, accumulating insight and substance without ever losing the fun of being a lark.
- 90Village VoiceAaron HillisVillage VoiceAaron HillisSo far the funniest, headiest, most playfully eccentric American indie of the year, Bujalski's perceptive avant-garde comedy...teases out unanswered existential and behavioral questions about mankind's curious obsession with artificial intelligence and automation.
- 90The New York TimesA.O. ScottThe New York TimesA.O. ScottPeculiar and sneakily brilliant.
- 80The GuardianAndrew PulverThe GuardianAndrew PulverBujalski really has pulled off something extraordinary here.
- 80Time OutKeith UhlichTime OutKeith UhlichWhat’s past is prescient, and what it all means is beside the point. Let’s just say Bujalski has made a prankishly out-of-time movie about that other AI: mankind.
- 60VarietyJustin ChangVarietyJustin ChangComputer Chess is ultimately too slack and scattershot to work consistently well as a comedy.
- 30The Hollywood ReporterTodd McCarthyThe Hollywood ReporterTodd McCarthyBasically the film consists of a bunch of techies in white shirts and glasses laboriously discussing their views, exchanges you get the feeling the filmmaker thought would come off as humorous.