Writer or Director, can you do both for the same movie ?

Rating: 6/10 (5 April 2020)

Certainly a movie worth watching , a bit long though at two plus hours. The film is not tightly woven together, the little bits of time shifting do not detract from the movie but it jumps from one scene to another with out the coherence a good film needs. Then the only character that is really well developed is Molly Bloom while the other characters are not. Her father (Kevin Costner) and her Lawyer (Idris Elba) both do a credible job of acting although her father's lines, especially at the end, seem a bit contrived , not at all natural or realistic. And that is of course where the film falls short, a film whose narrative does not flow naturally. I liked it, would recommend watching it but don't expect too much. I think a different director could have done so much more with this story which is so compelling and unpredictable , the film doesn't capture the real life story as well as it could have.