Molly's Game (2017), Reviews
Based on Remarkable True Story
Genre: Drama/Biography
The true story of Molly Bloom, a beautiful, young, Olympic-class skier who ran the world's most exclusive high-stakes poker game for a decade before being arrested in the middle of the night by 17 FBI agents wielding automatic weapons. Her players included Hollywood royalty, sports stars, business titans and finally, unbeknown to her, the Russian mob. Her only ally was her criminal defense lawyer Charlie Jaffey, who learned there was much more to Molly than the tabloids led people to believe.
- Release Date : December 25, 2017 (2h 20m).
- Director : Aaron Sorkin
- Rating : 7.4/10 IMDb
In the last decade, Aaron Sorkin is one of the most instantly recognizable writers of the modern era, whether or not you have any idea what he looks like? Aaron Sorkin has written one biographical drama after another: The Social Network, Moneyball, Steve Jobs. But unlike other screenwriters, Sorkin is more interested in the dramatic arc of his subjects’ lives than the fussy details. He has a knack and propensity for telling stories about fast-talking intellectuals whose brains are overflowing with observations and anecdotes, most of which important by the end of the conversation.
Opening scene of Molly’s Game, a young Molly skis tumbles down the mountain,she suffered a serious back injury that ends her skiing career. In a voiceover, Molly blames the twig for changing her life path from athlete to “poker princess.” But in real life, that fall is never happened.
Molly Bloom is a beautiful, young, Olympic-class skier, she decided to retire from skier not after got injury but after a personal coup. Bloom have some physical roadblocks when she was younger, with an emergency back surgery at 12 years old after that, she was told she could no longer ski competitively. But after a year, she was back on the mountain. And in college, she made the U.S. ski team and finished third position overall in the country.
And she decided to step away from the sport after winning the bronze medal because, as she said in her book, she wanted to find a new path in life and succeed on her own terms.
Then Molly Bloom ran the world's most exclusive high-stakes poker game with rich people, famous people, powerful people, and eventually dangerous criminals for a decade.
Until finally Molly Bloom was indicted by the FBI and forced to explain herself, and possibly ruin the lives of her players.
Critic Reviews
Molly’s Game delivers one of the screen’s great female parts — a dense, dynamic, compulsively entertaining affair, whose central role makes stunning use of Chastain’s stratospheric talent. -"Variety"- Peter Debruge
Sorkin both entertains and makes you lean in to absorb every detail of this wild tale, which boasts a stellar cast to help tell it. -"The Hollywood Reporter"- Todd McCarthy
It’s an intriguing look into a secret world and a great performance from Chastain, but Sorkin’s directorial debut never quite makes the leap from great poker movie to great movie. -"Empire"- Helen O'Hara
There's a blank space at the core of Molly's Game that the protagonist cannot fill, unable as she is to represent anything beyond her esoteric narrative of unorthodox self-actualization. -"Slant Magazine"- Jake Cole
The crime drama is smartly written and directed by Aaron Sorkin, it features a piercing lead performance by Jessica Chastain, and it’s got something for almost everyone: from gambling and glitterati to the mafia and ice skating. -"New York Post"- Johnny Oleksinski
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