At first glance -- and that is the most attention one can usually expect from a logline -- the stakes seem to be? for small potatoes. And the father's goal is selfish -- he aims to triumph vicariously through his son. Well, it's a comedy and what are comedies about, if not to play out the folly of human behavior?
Still, I'm not sure how credible the objective goal is.? My understanding is that Connect 4? is a solved game; that is, all the combination of moves have been analyzed.? It's been established that? whoever goes first has an unbeatable tactical advantage.? Like in? tic-tac-toe.? So the son can become a prodigy by merely googling the internet for the winning moves when he goes 1st.? (Unlike his father, who didn't that resource in his youth.) Where's the suspense?
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