All you need to know about "Molly's Game" is that it's an Aaron Sorkin
picture, (he directed it as well), and you're hooked. Sorkin is the best
writer of dialogue in the movies, just as he was once the best writer
of dialogue on television and here he shows he's a damn good director
too. The subject is poker and Sorkin's genius is that you don't have to
know anything about poker to enjoy this massively entertaining film.
Molly is Molly Bloom, a one-time skier, who ran one of America's highest
stake poker games until she was arrested by the F.B.I. and she's
played, terrifically, by Jessica Chastain, who just happens to be one of
the best actresses working in movies today. She completely dominates
the film, which is something considering just how good everyone else is,
(there's a great cameo from Bill Camp). This is a brilliant movie, the
kind of highly intelligent film you hardly ever see at the multiplex
these days. See it.
Sunday, 20 January 2019
MOLLY'S GAME
All you need to know about "Molly's Game" is that it's an Aaron Sorkin
picture, (he directed it as well), and you're hooked. Sorkin is the best
writer of dialogue in the movies, just as he was once the best writer
of dialogue on television and here he shows he's a damn good director
too. The subject is poker and Sorkin's genius is that you don't have to
know anything about poker to enjoy this massively entertaining film.
Molly is Molly Bloom, a one-time skier, who ran one of America's highest
stake poker games until she was arrested by the F.B.I. and she's
played, terrifically, by Jessica Chastain, who just happens to be one of
the best actresses working in movies today. She completely dominates
the film, which is something considering just how good everyone else is,
(there's a great cameo from Bill Camp). This is a brilliant movie, the
kind of highly intelligent film you hardly ever see at the multiplex
these days. See it.
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