Hatley High

The Canadian teen comedy Hatley High sends up high school sports rituals by placing a most unlikely competitive game at the center of its story that of chess Tommy Nicholas Wright is a new arrival in his parents hometown of Hatley whose mother recently died He discovers after the fact that his mom was once a chess pro and thus a legend in the community Tommys chessfixated peers accept him almost instantly inferring that he must have inherited his dear mothers skills but in time Tommy carves out a niche for himself independently of his moms legacy and strikes up an enduring romance with Hyacinthe Rachelle Lefevre a chess cheerleader Two fictional British filmmakers frame the tale by filming it for a documentary that they are producing and thus provide witty ongoing narration