Review of Molly's Game (2017) by Kaustav — 28 Jan 2018

Underwhelming.

I am fan of the work of Aaron Sorkin. Everything he writes has such a sharp edge to that is feels to fun to not just watch but hear patiently and intently. He is a good storyteller.

Despite my obvious bias in this case, I don't know whether I should blame the writers who worked on it or the story itself, which while still unique, is just not interesting or causal enough to make a difference to me.

I still admire the acting of Jessica Chastain (and the opportunity to know awesome and attractive she can look when needed to). She was only reason I was willing to watch through to the end. Her portrayal of a character that is perhaps way more than interesting I thought it would be. Idris Elba and Kevin Costner couldn't do enough to make me care for them or their characters, it felt anybody else would have sufficed too. At least, it was indictment of a chance at the Justice system still having hopes on itself and good people not being absolutely being horribly messed up for some inadvertent mistakes they met. Who knows, for this movie won't really answer it for you.