Molly's Game

very talky (big surprise, it's by aaron sorkin), and while maybe someone with a quicker mind could have learned something about poker, that stuff went too fast for me to pick up anything except now i know what "taking a rake" is (sorta). jessica chastain is so beautiful, and in one scene she wears a dress with a big belt with the buckle in the back which blew my mind. michael cera is a mildly weird creep in it and both chris o'dowd and idris elba do american accents. oh and there's a lot of continuity errors, not something i'm generally trying to keep score on but they really jumped out at... read more

i have always been a fan of aaron sorkins work from tv shows sports night, the west wing, the newsroom to his movies the social network, moneyball, steve jobs and so i was really looking forward to it. compelling and captivating story, impeccable written and extremely entertaining, a tad bit too long. jessica chastain and idris elba were both great, michael cera was also very good. i know this was aarons directorial debut but felt like sloppy directing at times have weakens this greatly written drama. 7.5/10 read more