After writing several wordy screen plays and a few endearingly verbose TV shows, Aaron Sorkin sits down in the director’s chair with Molly’s Game, a fact-based story that is every inch An Aaron Sorkin Film. Walking and talking? Earnest speeches? Social justice? Daddy issues? You bet!
This uneven but entertaining lark comes from a 2014 memoir by Molly Bloom (played by Jessica Chastain), a former Olympic hopeful who puts off law school and ends up running a high-stakes underground poker game for the rich and famous that falls under the scrutiny of the FBI.