Reception
Game Over: Kasparov and the Machine received mixed reviews from critics. Among the positive reviews, Lou Lumenick of the New York Post called Game Over a "solid documentary" that's "fairly suspenseful." Dennis Lim of the Village Voice called Game Over a "gripping documentary." Jami Bernard of the New York Daily News called it "a nail-biter."
Peter Hartlaub of the San Francisco Chronicle, however, called Game Over "a film with one big question and no visible attempt to find any answers." Numerous reviewers criticized Game Over for being biased toward Kasparov and making accusations against IBM without presenting evidence for its claims, including Robert Koehler of Variety, Kevin Crust of The Los Angeles Times, Michael Booth of The Denver Post, Liam Lacey of The Globe and Mail, Janice Page of The Boston Globe, and Ned Martel of The New York Times.
The film was nominated for a 2003 International Documentary Association award.
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