Aaron Sorkin famous writer behind A Few Good Men, Moneyball and Steve Jobs, comes his first directorial debut, plus he also writes the films as well but I at least add that his resume to this film. Furthermore its also on Netflix as well, so now since we're in this never ending realm of madness, we're we all have stay inside, okay I'm getting tired of explaining our situation anyway so hey it's Molly's Game based on a true life Molly whose who got tired being in Olympian and decided to constructed or own poker empire. Moreover this film became May Recommendation, for which stars Jessica Chastain in her best performance since Zero Dark Thirty, also has Kevin Costner in his biggest upgrade since Draft Day.
The film tells the story of real life Molly Bloom (Jessica Chastain) a former Olympian skier who after a bad accident decides to take in adventure to California, there she begins to see a new way to make money by booking actual poker games for movies stars and the wealthiest individuals. With so much success through the years it begins to turn out of hand once she sees the Russian Mob getting in plus being convicted by the Federal Government it, can she be able to sell out people to start a new life or be live through the consequences.
Now I will admit Chastain does have a lot of hit and misses, I mean ever since I watched Miss Sloane I was disappointed in the movie and her performance moreover was disappointed in her comedy work on Saturday Night Live as well, here's a rule of thumb if your a celebrity and hate Donald Trump don't just focus on one guy focus on a bunch of politics, there all terrible human beings anyway, okay now that I got that out of my system. So all that a side, Chastain actually does a great job playing a real life person who actually has some issues with her father, and though granted this movie is predictable and yes it actually has a rise in fall story line for which all real life people have sometimes but to be honest it's actually fascinating to see her go through all this dispense and betrayal and yet be able to create in empire like she did and plus its also not a three hour movie were its nothing but stock brokers doing drugs and banging hookers, sorry had to vent on how much I hate Wolf of Wall Street. Furthermore the film also has Kevin Costner playing the father to Molly Bloom I mean if that's not another great actor acting along with Jessica Chastain than I don't know what its, also these two actually have a great acting scene together where they both share their own emotions moreover showing a father express how much he failed his own kid is a real tender moment, so I got to give Sorkin some bonus points in casting Costner as the father to Chastain because I would look at this movie way differently if he wasn't in the film. For a first time director Aaron Sorkin actually does a great job, even for a man who’s been in writer's chair all those years with some talented directors, directing his stories so now watching him direct and write at the same time is really amazing to watch, so now I hope he starts directing more which is a big if. So in conclusion this film was really great to watch from start to finish along with some great actors who actually checked their ego bags out of the window in order to pull off a entertaining movie to watch on Netflix. So if you still hate the way the new decade is going and trust me we all hate this the way this year is going I would strongly take the time and watch Molly's Game.
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