'Molly's Game' is a biopic about Molly Bloom, an Olympic skiing hopeful who after an accident side lined her from that career, kind of fell into organizing illegal high stakes poker games that brought her into contact with celebrities', the rich and powerful, and ultimately the Russian mob. Honestly not the kind of story I have much natural interest in, but the combination of Aaron Sorkin (scripting of course, though this was also his directorial debut) and Jessica Chastain sold me. It's compelling, not really something I've seen before, an unexpected treatise on integrity full of Sorkin verbal play and great outfits on Ms. Chastain. Idris Elba is also very good. This is a tale of rising above expectations, that rises above expectations. I was surprised just how well the whole thing worked. Perhaps a little better even then 'The Trial of the Chicago 7'. ****
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