It focuses on Will Shortz, the puzzle editor for The New York Times and the annual competition he started back in the 1970s. Reviewed in the United Kingdom on November 28, 2018 Who knew?

On the way to the competition you meet the folks who construct the puzzles and those who take great joy in solving them. Eventually, detective Logan accepts her clues and help. And the solvers range from former US Presidents to major league baseball players to pop music stars to Jon Stewart. Tess, a Sentinel crossword editor, finds clues in crosswords. Great fun. This film was a Sundance Grand Jury Prize nominee and features Bill Clinton, Mike Mussina and Jon Stewart. So you occasionally tackle a crossword puzzle and perhaps have never really thought about how they are constructed or what is involved in producing one each and every day. Please try againRentals include 30 days to start watching this video and 48 hours to finish once started.Quickly browse titles in our catalog based on the ones you have picked. Amazon calculates a product’s star ratings based on a machine learned model instead of a raw data average.

Now streaming on: Powered by JustWatch. That's just but one factoid from the film, which centers on the history of the NYT puzzle, the annual puzzle's competition and the interesting people who attend it , the friendships that develop among competitors, guest appearances by Jon Stewart, Bill Clinton, etc. A great documentary about a subject I didn't think would hold my interest for very long on the Big Screen(perhaps its just sour grapes on My part,given how terrible I am at Crosswords) but it did.The speed in which some of these Hardcore Word Worshippers complete their daily fix is Mind Boggling and when it comes to these guys entering the Championships you suddenly not only find yourself more drawn in than you were before but actually cheering on a player that You want to see win.An Excellent Doc. This perfectly constructed documentary checks all the boxes. A very enjoyable peek into the world of crossword puzzlers, and especially the subculture surrounding the NY Times puzzles. Agnes, considerata da tutti come la più scontata delle madri di periferia, scopre la passione per la risoluzione dei puzzle. This product uses the TMDb API but is not endorsed or certified by TMDb.

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Dans trois grandes villes très éloignées, des histoires d'amour sont liées de façon étrange. Believe me, watching Stewart plowing into a puzzle is worth the price of admission in itself. Please try againSorry, we failed to record your vote. The movie is a documentary about crossword puzzles, crossword puzzle makers and crossword puzzle solvers.
Please try againSorry, we failed to record your vote. A crossword is found on the murdered owner of a burglarized art gallery. Drammatico, USA, 2018. Prime members enjoy FREE Delivery and exclusive access to music, movies, TV shows, original audio series, and Kindle books. A light-hearted journey into the world of Will Shortz, crossword puzzle editor at The New York Times. With Lacey Chabert, Brennan Elliott, John Kapelos, Barbara Niven. Si ritroverà così trascinata in un nuovo mondo che sconvolgerà la sua Tess is also running a crossword tournament.

For anyone interested in crossword puzzles, or in words or in learning something fascinating. and of course the puzzle masters such as Will Short. Puzzle - Un film di Marc Turtletaub. Anyone involved in any aspect of puzzling and competitions will recognize the archetypes and sympathize with one (or many) of the players.

Agnes is a woman who has reached her early 40s without ever venturing far from home, family or the tight-knit immigrant community in which she was raised by her widowed father. It reminded me a lot of the similar insular world of backgammon fanatics which I have participated in.

La riscoperta di sé attraverso un hobby inaspettato. Con Kelly MacDonald, David Denman, Irrfan Khan, Daniel Stewart Sherman, Austin Abrams. Agnes is a woman who has reached her early 40s without ever venturing far from home, family or the tight-knit immigrant community in which she was raised by her widowed father.
And then fills them in.How could a documentary on crossword puzzles be entertaining? Directed by Don McCutcheon.

Puzzle (Third Person) est un film d'amour coproduit, écrit et réalisé par Paul Haggis, sorti en 2013. A woman who has a talent for assembling jigsaw puzzles sneaks away from her suburban town and goes to New York City, where she partners with a man for a puzzle tournament in Atlantic City. I have seen many hundreds of movies in my lifetime, and I must say, this is very close to being my favorite.