This drama film is based on the book Molly's Game written by Molly Bloom, which is autobiographical and narrates the life of the so-called Queen of Poker and the script was adapted by Aaron Sorkin, who was also the director and this represented his first work in this area.
The plot revolves around a woman who is a competitive skier and after a serious accident loses her participation in the Olympic Games and goes to live in Los Angeles, where after her recovery she works as a waitress and is hired as a hostess in clandestine poker games where opulent people of society and show business stars participate.
After being fired and getting to know players and the system, she ventures to create one of her own and begins her eight-year journey, during which time she becomes a multimillionaire.The lead role is played by Jessica Chastain nominated for an Oscar in 2011 for Best Supporting Actress for the film The Helph and 2012 for Best Actress for her role in Zero Dark Thirty, other participating actors are: Idris Elba, Kevin Costner, Michael Cera, Brian d'Arcy James, Chris O'Dowd, Bill Camp, Graham Greene, Claire Rankin, Joe Keery and Jeremy Strong.
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It was premiered on September 8, 2017 at the Toronto International Film Festival,and the reception was good, even the critics praised the very well done adaptation work of the script and the performances of Idris Elba as Charlie, Molly's lawyer and Chastain, the best of his career according to some connoisseurs.
It was not a super success at the box office, grossing only Bs. 59 million, almost doubling its production budget of Bs. 30 million.
The screenplay was nominated for an Oscar and Golden Globe and the leading actress was nominated for Best Actress in a Drama in the latter.
This film shows the dark side of vice and how fragile the American justice system is in the face of events of this type, which even suggests a certain complicity in exchange for information regardless of the seriousness of the offense.
It is an entertaining film, with good photography, outstanding performances that fulfills its function of entertaining and also shows us the subject from an angle little exploited.