It's Really Great But... Typical Sorkin

Rating: 8/10 (13 January 2019)

I loved Molly's Game. It was a blast, of course, Aaron Sorkin's writing made it even better. Jessica Chastain is also great in this movie, the only "problem" is the writing... oddly how I just stated that the writing was great. Let me explain. Aaron Sorkin is a great writer, the only thing is that he has this same predictable craft in each of his movies that he writes. It's usually a biopic, some genius who has done something bad, meeting with their lawyer or something, and the story is told through the case. That's great. Worked once in "The Social Network," which is why he won the Academy Award for that. People who don't really know Sorkin's style very well, since his movies are mainly released in a wide gap between one another, will just commend Aaron Sorkin's writing (and directing) for this movie, while someone like me, who's favourite movie is "The Social Network" found the same craft in his storytelling, which made it kind of predictable. I like the way he does his movies, but going forward I know what to expect in the next Aaron Sorkin film.