Molly's Game

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Molly's Game

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Released Jan 5, 2018

2h 21m

Biography

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The true story of Molly Bloom, a beautiful, young, Olympic-class skier who 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, unbeknown to her, the Russian mob. Her only ally was her criminal defense lawyer Charlie Jaffey, who learned there was much more to Molly than the tabloids led people to believe.

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Critics Consensus

Powered by an intriguing story and a pair of outstanding performances from Jessica Chastain and Idris Elba, Molly's Game marks a solid debut for writer-director Aaron Sorkin.

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Nell Minow

AWFJ.org

Jessica Chastain shows us both her resolve and her vulnerability and the scene near the end with Kevin Costner as Bloom's father is one of the best of the year.

Nov 4, 2021

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Jonathan Romney

Film Comment Magazine

Overall, the film comes across as robustly offering testimony for its subject rather than really offering a portrait; it rather presents itself as a character witness for a woman of more probity and principle than her chosen career would suggest.

Mar 2, 2018

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Wenlei Ma

News.com.au

Molly's Game is an entertaining and confident debut for Aaron Sorkin, even if it's definitely too long.

Rated: 3/5

Feb 5, 2018

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Colin Biggs

Vague Visages

For a film that prides itself on being based on a true story, Molly's Game often relies on moments that are too coincidental, too easy. Yet, there's nothing here to suggest that Sorkin won't eventually figure things out behind the camera.

Dec 1, 2023

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Vadim Rizov

Filmmaker Magazine

This is A-OK crowdpleasing fare: for uncomplicated entertainment, I doubt I’ll do better while here.

Jan 11, 2023

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Keith Garlington

Keith & the Movies

It’s one part invigorating character study and one part stunning expose. It features a trifecta of top-notch performances from Elba, Costner, and especially Chastain.

Rated: 4.5/5

Aug 24, 2022

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patrick l

Brilliant film. Clever in so many different ways. Jessica Chastain is dynamite. One of the best movies about illegal gambling ever produced. In fact probably the best.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

06/29/25

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Ana G

I had this on my watchlist for a while and finally made it. I liked it a lot, Jessicais great as usual, overall the acting is good, the plot intriging, pretty solid movie

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

06/26/25

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Faiz D

Jessica Chastain nails her role .

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

05/13/25

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Evan J

Jessica Chastain Is so beautiful

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

03/09/25

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Blu B

All Time Classic. The acting is really good. Idris & Jessica have good chemistry. But the dialouge is masterful in this. Super snappy, witty, easy to follow and human. The editng and pacing for a over 2 hour runtime and fitting in so much is just masterful. Adding in a out of order story telling element as well and never feeling showy with is just amazing as well. Everythign else man is really good. This does such a great job of enveloping you in an exclusive world only a privlaged few have ever seen and after watching this would never probably wanna see in real life. The best scene is easily Costner & Chastain reconciling which is just phenominal and makes it worth sitting for 2 hours. This builds a fasinating, flawed, cool, and human character. The poker can be a little hard to follow but honestly it the acting and storytelling is so good you can figure out the fallout well enough from each hand. Everyone should give this a try once.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

02/07/25

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Jeremy H

Jessica Chastain delivers with a full house performance.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

12/05/24

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The true story of Molly Bloom, a beautiful, young, Olympic-class skier who 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, unbeknown to her, the Russian mob. Her only ally was her criminal defense lawyer Charlie Jaffey, who learned there was much more to Molly than the tabloids led people to believe.

Director: Aaron Sorkin
Producer: Mark Gordon, Amy Pascal, Matt Jackson
Screenwriter: Aaron Sorkin
Distributor: STX Films
Production Co: Pascal Pictures, Entertainment One, The Mark Gordon Company, STX Entertainment, Sierra / Affinity
Rating: R (Language|Drug Content|Some Violence)
Genre: Biography, Drama
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Jan 5, 2018, Wide
Release Date (Streaming): Mar 27, 2018
Box Office (Gross USA): $28.7M
Runtime: 2h 21m
Sound Mix: Dolby Digital
Aspect Ratio: Scope (2.35:1)

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