Molly's Game (Le grand jeu)
The true story of Molly Bloom, an Olympic-class skier who ran the world's most exclusive high-stakes poker game and became an FBI target.
17 October 1970, Peterborough, Ontario, Canada
8 August 1988, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
13 July 1972, Palo Alto, California, USA
January 04, 2018
Neither traditional poker movie nor traditional sports movie, with Jessica Chastain holding the cards, Molly's Game is a winner. Deal me in!
January 03, 2018
Chastain is a gifted actress, but she's never been this riveting, the queen among the film's kings and aces
December 28, 2017
It's a good, brash biopic. For the first hour it's very nearly terrific.
January 03, 2018
The film grows increasingly turgid and tiresome in the second half.
December 27, 2017
Few actors on the planet can shift gears as effortlessly as Chastain, who perfectly captures Molly's chameleon-like ability to adapt to situations and to rationalize her worst behavior.
December 28, 2017
It's tempting to think of "Molly's Game" in poker terms: Sorkin's holding a queen, a king, and at least a couple of aces, but the tell is that he talks too much, and in the end you realize he's bluffing.
December 27, 2017
It's fun enough to watch Chastain's Bloom find her way, making things up she goes along.
December 28, 2017
At a certain point, everyone watching "Molly's Game" will form the question, "Why should I care about any of this?" It's a question Sorkin should have anticipated. He has no good answer.
January 03, 2018
In 2018, it's important to make sure you're more Jesse than Mack - and Molly's Game will show you how.
January 03, 2018
... a study of success today, of power and how a woman gets it... [Full review in Spanish]
December 28, 2017
Even though this is Sorkin's directing debut, quite a bit of the clarity comes from the visuals, annotated when necessary, precisely shot and edited with nearly every trick known to contemporary filmmaking.
January 03, 2018
Beyond painting Bloom as a young woman who saw an opportunity and grabbed it, the film's attempts at psychology don't pan out very convincingly. But for sheer voyeurism, this study of an illicit but unusually well-bankrolled demimonde is quite satisfying.
