Molly's Game (2017)
Molly Bloom, a young skier and former Olympic hopeful becomes a successful entrepreneur (and a target of an FBI investigation) when she establishes a high-stakes, international poker game.
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The assault scene at her apartment made me disbelieve the story. She lost a lot of $$$$ and made to look like a victim. She was a winner and it's a great story, the scene was unnecessary. As was the "dad was a cheater" scene
I'm not a big movie person but it's one of the only few that I actually like
The reason for the 7 is strictly due to Jessica Chastain; she elevates everything she's in. The book by Mollie Bloom had terrible writing, it told a bit of a different story about the real life identity of Player X and in general it felt as though she left many, many details out. If accurate the movie addresses more of what happened to her and is a bit long..
If you know know Aaron Sorkin, you'd know he wrote this early on. I normally love the cadence of his words and the smart as all get out word play. I never thought it would work to the detriment of his work, but in Molly's Game it did. I kept getting the feeling that he just saw 'Goodfella's' and wanted to duplicate it. His failing was in trying to outdo it. The Pithy Banter of the narration, one of the most fun parts of Goodfella's was so overdone here that I had to stop the DVD in mid-play to write this. Mr. Sorkin is an unrivaled talent, and I will always give his work deference, but in this case I think he needs to reel it back. This film presses the 'Enough Already' but about halfway in and I'm a little saddened that I didn't want to watch it further.