Quartile rating: 5.5/10 · 1 rating
A fascinating character. Exquisite sets. A wig for every era. The stars, creators and crew reveal how the hit series about a chess prodigy came to life.
A behind-the-scenes documentary about The Queen's Gambit, this is a competent but fairly standard 'making-of' featurette. It offers fans interesting access to the production design, costume work, and cast interviews, but follows a conventional documentary format with talking heads and clip packages. Cinematography benefits from the visual richness of the source material being discussed. There's little novelty in the approach — it's a promotional documentary that does its job without distinguishing itself creatively. The ending wraps up as expected with celebratory notes about the show's success.