Het is het jaar 1998. Het schaakteam van de Miami Jackson Senior High School bereidt zich voor op het grote nationale schaakkampioenschap. Coach Mario Martinez gelooft in zijn team, maar volgens de voorspellingen maken zijn 'straatjongens' geen schijn van kans. Gebaseerd op een waargebeurd verhaal.
Nee, helaas is Critical Thinking nog niet beschikbaar op Netflix in Nederland.
| Directing | John Leguizamo | Director |
| Writing | Dito Montiel | Writer |
| Sound | Chris Hajian | Original Music Composer |
| Camera | Zach Zamboni | Director of Photography |
| Art | Lewis Zucker | Art Direction |
| Production | John J. Brunetti Jr. | Associate Producer |
| Production | Harvey Chaplin | Executive Producer |
| Art | J. Mark Harrington | Production Design |
| Production | Scott M. Rosenfelt | Producer |
| Production | Jason Mandl | Producer |
| Production | John Leguizamo | Executive Producer |
| Production | Carla Berkowitz | Executive Producer |
| Production | Joseph Krutel | Co-Producer |
| Production | Avy Kaufman | Casting |
| Costume & Make-Up | Carol Raskin | Hair Department Head |
| Editing | Jamie Kirkpatrick | Editor |
| Costume & Make-Up | Danny Santiago | Costume Design |
| Production | Emilio Estefan Jr. | Executive Producer |
| Art | Mark Dane | Set Decoration |
| Production | Elayne Schneiderman Schmidt | Co-Producer |
