A good story... as long as you don't take it as true

Rating: 5/10 (20 January 2018)

There's no doubt this is a well made movie with some strong acting performances but there was no real connection to the characters. Am I supposed to like Molly because she had a hard upbringing and was able to turn that around by breaking the law and running a fancy card game with lots of famous people (whose names can't actually be mentioned)? Should I fell sorry for the gamblers who don't care that they lose he money because they are rich anyway? I know this is partly based on a book Molly wrote but the fact she doesn't offer full disclosure and lies to brush over certain parts of what happened makes me question how true her story really is. If you take it as based on a true story you'll see another hollywood puff piece designed to get some acting nominations. For a movie about poker games there wasn't a lot of poker. Sure there were a few times where it started to get exciting but then the director would cut to a flashback of her younger years and the pace would be lost. It reminded me a lot of Logan Lucky where I kept waiting for something to happen but it never really did.