Starts off ok but tails away

Rating: 5/10 (14 January 2019)

This film starts off well, but then seems to get lost along the way. It's main interest for me was seeing how Bloom went from Olympic hopeful to poker guru, which is kinda covered in the first 30-40 mins. Chastain vamps it up as Bloom but her main point seems to just be showing off her cleavage throughout. After that the film gets a bit laboured (much like Idris Elba's appalling american accent) and I stopped watching. Not sure the schmaltz was needed too where she reconciles with her dad...it just made an overly long film longer. Not really worth the time