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Rating: 8/10 (1 October 2018)

I just rented Molly's Game from redbox. I must say I enjoyed the movie overall. The movie follows the true story of Molly Bloom as she maneuvers through the secret world of underground celebrity poker.
Acting wise the movie was excellent. Jessica Chastain is an excellent actress and really brings life to her role. All around it was a great role which she really managed to humanize. She deserved her Golden Globe nomination and should have been nominated for an Oscar.
Michael Cera did an amazing job playing a complete ass of a character inspired by Tobey Maguire. Idris Elba also did a solid job playing Molly's defense attorney.
The movie was directed by Aaron Sorkin who also wrote the screenply. I'm a big fan of his writing style so the dialogue of the movie was its strongest point. It was a nice mix black humor, sharp wit, and rapid fire dialogue.
Aaron Sorkin did a great job directing. The movie was very stylish and paid great detail to poker and Molly's life in general. The extra level of immersion put forth by the director really helped to make this an entertaining movie.
The movie was a tad bit overly long though. I would have preferred if it was about 20 minutes shorter.
Overall I really enjoyed this movie. It was smart, funny, well acted, and well directed. A 8.25 out of 10.