Not too bad, could have been a Royal flush

Rating: Null/10 (11 February 2018)

Molly's game had the potential to be great. You had a great cast and plot. You had the rise of a successful independent woman hosting elite private games which led to crossing paths with the Mafia and dangerous people. Then you had the downfall and decline of her empire with the FBI knocking on her door.
The biggest issue with this film was directing and writing. Careful directing, writing and perhaps a killer soundtrack could have made this a great film because it had all the elements. There were so many unnecessary elements such as Molly's skiing which had no material part to play besides she used to like skiing as a child, so what does it have to put with running Poker games? There were also family issues with her father that were kind of unnecessary, I could see it was to give more depth to Molly but this wasn't explored as much so those scenes didn't add value. It seemed this film was trying too hard to be many things at once. It would have worked better if it was more about the rise and fall of Molly's empire and it might have made more sense to have a linear story instead of a back and forth.
Overall decent but needed a few tweaks.
7/10