A solid directorial debut for one of the best writers out there

Rating: 8/10 (13 February 2018)

When it comes to writing, Aaron Sorkin is one of the best writers in Hollywood today and Molly's game in this aspect is, again, a great job writing that guarantees him one more well deserved nomination for the Oscars.
The film opens with a great sequence telling us the basics about the main character and it is just GREAT, fast paced, with good writing and gives us almost all we need to undestand the complexities of Molly Bloom, portayed by Jessica Chastain in one more great job, the film also brings Idris Elba and Kevin Costner in great acting.
My main issue with the film is something I can call lack of balance, in some moments, action occurs very fast, in other moments we take lots of time and narration just to see people playing poker and Molly in her laptop, hearing stories from her customers, After the first game changing event there is no real perception that things are getting better or worse, the character does not really changes during the movie, and I must place this in the director part of guilt.
In its final moments the film regains pulse and brings two good scenes, one with Idris Elba and one beatiful dialogue, however it opens better than closes. Some better editing and a beter direction in some scenes could have improved the result however it still a good movie, with great dialogues good performances and we can say it is a solid directorial debut for Aaron Sorkin.
7,5/10