Nurture beats the crap out of nature sometimes

Rating: 8/10 (20 October 2019)

I tried watching a different movie with the same actress in the lead, also playing a character that most definitely broke the law: MS. SLOAN. I found the main character thus superficial and not likable, appealing to the ballsy kind of speak that only impulsive idiots would find gratifying, that I turned it off after ten minutes.
Don't get me wrong, the acting was spot on, but MOLLY's GAME has a different angle and it gave me something I didn't find in Ms. Sloan: a character to both care for and root for, or at least hope that in the end she would find good cause to live for.
Not withstanding that I can't tell in how far the real Molly would make me feel the same, everyone in the story is very human and also very flawed. Not in one way, but in many. Personally I'd rather trade knowing how to cook a bit for all the glitz and the glam in the world, because it's something you make and get to enjoy, while knowing what effort went into it, but I can't say I blame people for wanting to enjoy life.
The only thing that bugged me is how much the important player in the game at the table would always break with gentlemanly conduct and proper Poker conventions. What he did was unsportsmanlike and a metaphorical knee breaker. So I do love Poker and the culture it's supposed to adhere to... Just another thing to to some extent enjoy about this movie.
Great story. Heartwarming ending with a bit of a tear. (From the dictionary: "a drop of clear salty liquid secreted from glands in a person's eye when they cry or when the eye is irritated")