Monday Morning Maybe

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The Coldest Game

Seen it?

2019 | 104 min | Drama, Thriller

Monday Morning Maybe

Why it’s a Monday Morning Maybe

With just 0% on Rotten Tomatoes, a box office flop and almost no lasting buzz, this one could be a tough watch. Keep your phone handy.

Based on critics, audiences, awards, box office and buzz. Details below.

Is it for you?

Who'll love it
Made for anyone who likes to be kept guessing. If you loved Marty Supreme or The Manchurian Candidate, start here. Audiences love it more than critics do: a crowd-pleaser first.
The mood
Tense.
The pace
Takes its time with its characters, at 1 hr 44 min.
What might put you off
Critics were cooler on it than audiences.

Warsaw, Poland, during the Cuban Missile Crisis, 1962. Josh Mansky, a troubled math genius and former US chess champion, is recruited to hold a dangerous public match against the Soviet champion, while playing the deadly game of espionage hidden in the darkest shadows of a hostile territory.

How it earned its rating

  • CriticsWeak

    0% on Rotten Tomatoes

  • AudiencesBelow par

    6.2 out of 10

  • AwardsNot counted

    No major awards or nominations

  • Reach & staying powerWeak

    Streaming release that reached a modest audience; interest faded quickly after launch

  • Buzz & cultural impactWeak

    About 12K people sought it out in the past year

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Cast & crew

Directed by Łukasz Kośmicki

  • Bill PullmanJoshua Mansky
  • Lotte VerbeekAgent Stone
  • James BloorAgent White
  • Robert WięckiewiczAlfred
  • Aleksey SerebryakovGienadij Krutow
  • Corey JohnsonDonald Novak
  • Nicholas FarrellG. Moran
  • Evgeniy SidikhinJurij Gawryłow
  • Cezary Kosiński'John Gift'
  • Aleksandr LobanovAdiutant Krutowa