It's hard to see any effort in the film. There's no comedy to speak of, no real drama and, worst of all.

When a movie has you begging for it to end not even half way through it's pure crap. We've all seen this movie and this characters millions of times, nothing new in it. Don't waste your time.

There are better movies of two hours length. I loved the actress'performance.

I enjoyed watching this film and would recommend other to give it a try , (as I am) but this movie, although enjoyable to watch due to the better than average acting fails to add anything new to its storyline that is all too familiar to these types of movies.

This is a five-minute animated short film from almost 20 years ago. Basically all we see in this short film is how an old man plays chess against himself and tricks himself at some point to victory. This is a decent idea on make-believe. If the camera is in the right position, we do not realize that he is the only one playing if we hadn't already known from the start. Maybe this revelation would have been better at the end. Anyway, my guess is that the old guy is slightly senile and that is why he believes himself that he is actually playing somebody else. He is looking down on the chess board, so he does not perceive nobody is sitting at the other side just like we don't see it when we only see the old man. Attention also to how one of the "two" players is clearly meaner and really willing to win, while the other certainly looks much more careful and defensive, even cowers down at one point. But he is as playful a trickster as his enemy. He even fakes a heart attack at one point.The film's director is Jan Pinkava and he did not have a full feature career as I would have expected after this short film. The only other impact he made was by writing "Ratatouille" 10 years after "Geri's Game. But maybe it's fine this way as I really wasn't too wowed by this short film. The animation is good, but there is really nothing entertaining to the whole story about it in my opinion. I am a bit surprised to see it won an Oscar. To me, it is one of Pixar's worst efforts sadly.

I have always loved the Pixar short films, and they are generally consistent with their feature films as well. Geri's Game is my favourite of their short films and I am a big fan of Knick Knack, One Man Band and Presto too. The visuals are astounding, full of bright colours and sophisticated backgrounds and character designs, advantaged by the single best editing of any of their short films. The music fits the mood and story beautifully, the story alone makes it one of Pixar's most charming overall efforts and while not laugh out loud hilarious like Knick Knack or Presto the humour has an endearing gentle quality to it. Geri is one of Pixar's sweetest and most likable title characters, it is very easy to warm to him. All in all, brilliant and my favourite of the many great Pixar short films. 10/10 Bethany Cox

Geri's Game (1997) *** (out of 4)Oscar-winning Pixar short has an elderly man showing up at the park to play a game a chest against his rival, which just happens to be himself. I was a little surprised to see that this one won an Oscar because it wasn't the strongest film I've seen from the studio but then again, I'm not sure how strong the other films were that year. I thought the film just repeated the same gag one time too many and it never really made me laugh outside the first time. The slow, old man slowly going from one chair to the other was got me to laugh the first time but not after that. The scene of them getting mad with himself were funny the first time but not after that. The animation was quite nice and I really liked the look of the old man but it just didn't work as well as many other Pixar shorts.

It is a nice and at the same time sad short animated movie about loneliness in old age. Simpathetic old man Geri has no partner to play chess with except of himself. His chess level is low, and so, naturally of his 'partner's'. It is very touching to see him walking with difficulty to another chair and back. Loosing the game to his alter ego, he makes a little trick simulating the heart attack and by this deflecting his alter ego's attention. When his 'partner' doesn't look at the chessboard, Geri turns the board and triumphantly 'wins' the game. Very pleasant musical score accompanies the movie. It is an early work of the creators of Monster's Inc, and their genius can be seen in it.