Great actors make a great movie.

Rating: 8/10 (21 August 2018)

The movie is pure quality from start to finish. Good story, Great storytelling and perfect actors. A well thought, well executed film including casting, dialogues, costumes and camera work.
Jessica Chastain is absolutely fantastic as Molly Bloom. She is the captivating, strong, attractive and smart persona capble to navigate in the world owned to rich men. She gracefully carries the movie on her shoulders.
All other characters nail their role well. From Idris Elba, Molly's attorney to Graham Greene as the judge. Very good gestures and body langues from all involved.
The only missing ingredient here is something to stand out. Basically, this 'Rise and Fall' formula - the lead starts to do well until he's doing too well to stay unnoticed and things start to go wrong - was done before several times before ('Wolf of Wall Street', 'Casino') so there isn't much novelty here.
To sum it up, Molly's Game is a very good watch. One may have seen it all before, but it is a very well crafted movie with very sympathetic characters.