Molly's Game (2017)

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.

Director:

Aaron Sorkin

Writers:

Aaron Sorkin (written for the screen by), Molly Bloom (based on the book by)

Stars:

Jessica Chastain, Idris Elba, Kevin Costner

Nominated for 1 Oscar. Another 7 wins & 48 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Jessica Chastain	...	Molly Bloom
Idris Elba	...	Charlie Jaffey
Kevin Costner	...	Larry Bloom
Michael Cera	...	Player X
Jeremy Strong	...	Dean Keith
Chris O'Dowd	...	Douglas Downey
J.C. MacKenzie	...	Harrison Wellstone
Brian d'Arcy James	...	Brad
Bill Camp	...	Harlan Eustice
Graham Greene	...	Judge Foxman
Justin Kirk	...	Jay
Angela Gots	...	B
Natalie Krill	...	Winston
Stephanie Herfield	...	Jesse
Madison McKinley	...	Shelby

Storyline

Molly Bloom, a beautiful young Olympic-class skier, ran the world's most exclusive high-stakes poker game for a decade before being arrested in the middle of the night by 17 FBI agents wielding automatic weapons. Her players included Hollywood royalty, sports stars, business titans, and finally, unbeknownst to her, the Russian mob. Her only ally was her criminal defense lawyer Charlie Jaffey, who learned that there was much more to Molly than the tabloids led us to believe.

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Plot Keywords:

short skirt with heels | poker | lawyer | playing cards | female protagonist | 

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Taglines:

Deal with her.

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Genres:

Biography | Crime | Drama

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for language, drug content and some violence

Details

Official Sites:

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Country:

China Canada USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

5 January 2018 (USA)

Also Known As:

Molly's Game

Filming Locations:

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Box Office

Opening Weekend USA:

$2,349,967, 31 December 2017

Gross USA:

$28,780,744

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$59,284,015

Company Credits

Production Co:

STX Entertainment, Huayi Brothers Pictures, The Mark Gordon Company

Technical Specs

Runtime:

140 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.39 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Kevin Costner also played father to a daughter named Molly in Swing Vote (2008).

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Goofs

In the opening voiceover, Molly states she is from Loveland, CO, two hours north of Denver. Loveland is about 45 minutes north. Two hours would get you to Cheyenne, WY.

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Quotes

Shelby: Mr. Habib, good evening. I'm Shelby.
Shelly Habib: I'm Shelly, only one letter's different. Also, I'm a billionaire, I think I may have seen you naked.
Shelby: No. You'd remember.

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Connections

Referenced in Evening Urgant: Ëlka (2017)

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Soundtracks

With My Eyes Closed
Written by Sune Wagner
Performed by The Raveonettes
Published by Juvenile Delinquent Music
Administered by Kobalt Music Publishing America, Inc.
Courtesy of The Raveonettes Ltd.
By arrangement with The Orchard

User Reviews

A movie without harmony

Molly's Game feels like a movie without the center of gravity. It tries to carry itself on overanalysed, emotionally insignificant environmental details. Methodologically explained poker games are captivating the first few times, but get incredibly dull and underwhelming in the second half of the movie, feeling like redundant content. The protagonist is unable to pull the overexplained and "all over the place" narrative into one harmonious puzzle. When at the end Molly and her father discuss the memories of the past, the movie attempts to have a significant emotional culmination but ends with nothing more but a shallow and uninspired moral of the story - check the path before you follow it.

I would give this movie two stars, but there are some solid performances (especially from Idris Elba). Therefore my score is 4.