 Family, slives, careers will be ruined. Why are you in this alone? Where are the people you're protecting by not telling the whole story? I'll tell them everything they want to know about me. About me. That's it. So now we have the true story of Miss Molly Bloom, an Olympic class skier who ran the most exclusive poker game for years before getting caught. And how did I feel about it? Well my name is Brenton Keith-Avery and this is just my opinion. Hey guys thank you so much for tuning in to my opinion slash review for Molly's game. I really do appreciate it but before we get into the review help your boy out by clicking that subscribe button. Also click that little bell so you can be notified when I make uploads and give me that thumbs up. Let's see if we can get this video to 100 likes. Now we have Molly's game and I'm really looking forward to this movie. It stars Jessica Chastain as Molly Bloom and also Idris Elba as a gentleman by the name of Charlie Jeffrey. Now this is a biography drama based on a true story. Also the book of Molly Bloom and Molly Bloom also wrote the screenplay for this movie. The director is Aaron Sorkin and he's very popular in Hollywood. This is actually his directorial debut and he's really known for his writing chops because he wrote the social network Money Ball and Steve Jobs the one that came out in 2015 not the one that had Ashton Kutcher. And actually going back to the social network that actually won the Oscar for best screenplay back in 2011 so you know the guy knows what he's doing as far as the writing is concerned but this is his directorial debut. Before this film was actually on set during filming Molly Bloom herself said that she only wanted Jessica Chastain to play the role so I'm glad that they got to do that there. And as far as the scheduling is concerned it was very tight Idris Elba and Jessica Chastain because of scheduling conflicts only had 10 days to shoot and they actually shot the first 45 pages or 45 pages of their script that had to do with their roles in like the first six days. And also another fun fact that I just thought this has to do with poker and I'll get to that in a second. All the extra poker players in this movie were actually professional poker players because the director Aaron Sorkin saying this is his directorial debut again wanted it to be very authentic down to the way they hold the chips the way they move their mannerisms and the way they hold their cards. And I just kind of thought that was cool. And he also had a lot of support too because he would hit up his friend David Fincher and be like you know hey man I need some help you know I got this scene here should I shoot it this way should I shoot it this way. And also Kevin Costner who's in this movie as well playing Larry Bloom which is Molly Bloom's father you know he was very supportive as well so I just kind of like how they were kind of backing each other up behind the scenes. But like I said this is a true story a fascinating story about Molly Bloom and she was an Olympic class skier and just to some unfortunate events she wanted to be the best skier in the America or the world but she had to put her way her skis and pursue other things and that's how she became into the poker game and just started running all these games in California New York to where she would get a bunch of movie stars directors important figures here and there sports figures and you know not to her knowledge she even got you know people in the Russian mob and all this was going on for years like a decade before she was rated by like 17 FBI agents you know and put on trial and this movie just kind of talks about you know how this all went down and just really get dives into her side of the story. First off about this movie that I really did enjoy and that I noticed is the narration that is the majority of how this film is being told and narration in the film can be a very tricky thing you know it can you know really be bland and kind of clocky around or or fall off a cliff or it can jump off a cliff and just soar in the sky in the clouds and carry the rest of the film and to me that's what it did from the very beginning of the film when Jessica Chastain was narrating the character of Molly Bloom I was just kind of like this you know ear to the speakers in the theater just soaking it all in and it's just so quick as well you know with all the words and dialogue in the scripts because it was just so interesting there was not one word not one syllable that I wanted to miss or whatever and that kind of felt like I would either blink or just kind of turn my head you know a certain way that I would miss something and it just kind of you know really dead intriguing. I also like I talked about I really do like the poker element of the movie I am not a poker player myself but my brother is shout out little brother you know he is a die hard poker player and I'm pretty sure that he will love this movie even if you so if you like poker you're going to be fascinated with this movie and I'm really interested I mean I know a little bit about a poker I kind of started playing paying attention to poker in 2003 with the world poker championship with Chris Moneymaker when he won I think in like 0304 and that's kind of where I learned Texas Hold'em and things like that so with the poker element in this film you know this is you know that you know I was able to go back and it's like okay I remember that I know what a full house is that and you know yada yada but even if you don't know anything about poker do not let this steer you away from this movie because they do break it down and explain to you a lot so that you're able to follow along but after Molly Bloom in real life after she you know had to put her skis away she you know wanted to go to law school and you can look all this up of course she wanted to go to law school but she was like hey you know I'm awake about a year year or two year and a half and you know I'm just going to live my life freely I was already an Olympian so let me just kind of chill for a second and she got a job and you know doing some office work you know but on the side you know she kind of became a host for a poker game and it just kind of grew from there or whatever and I just like really respected her hustle and her grind on how she was just able to I don't necessarily want to say manipulate because that kind of seems like there's a malicious intent but just maneuver herself around you know all these great titans that are powerful male figures and you know how she's just able to you know kind of come out on top of all this and just you know her perspective narrated by Jessica Chastain you know it was just very very interesting and I loved it all I talked about all the dialogue and how quippy it was that was great that was fantastic you know especially in between Aegis Elba's character who was her lawyer Charlie Jeffy and Jessica Chastain when they are in his his firm and she's trying to hire him you know for legal help for legal counsel the back and forth exchanges between these two was very invigorating I really like that it was quick it was quippy it was snappy you know they always had a jab to shoot back and forward to each other and you know he wasn't just really on board with helping her you know initially because everything that he heard in the tabloids he was like hey look if this is the kind of games you're playing I don't necessarily want to be involved I don't know if you can afford me but I really do like I have a lot of respect for the way Molly Bloom in real life the way it was portrayed in this movie was able to just like no this was an injustice this was done to me I did this but I didn't do that and like I said for like the fourth time I would just eat it all up I loved it I mean this is just a great story and you know it was really interesting some true stories are not worth putting on the screen but this one definitely was and of course without the dialogue I mean the acting input the all the performances were great as well especially towards the end there was this one scene where Idris Elba just kind of just you know blew his top and we're just like you know letting these other lords know like look man this is what it is why y'all tripping while y'all has to miss woman I mean come on now you know so I mean he really did do a great job there I really do want him to get some type of recognition I could you know he deserves it I wouldn't be mad you know if he well of course I wouldn't be mad if he got recognition but I wasn't wouldn't necessarily be upset if he didn't either but I mean really I mean the story just tells itself I mean it's just really fascinating how you know one random thing in someone's life can just make them go left but they still are able to come on top and I just loved it I mean this film is layered from the Olympic days to her early days and the running poker games to the mid all the way that she gets to the top to the proceedings you know I was just into all of that I mean and there's also a nice family element as well because we don't just get to know Molly Bloom and her story you know and her poker days and the Olympic days but it also goes back to her childhood days and devs in why she feels the certain way about her father being played by um what is his name here Kevin Costner why she feels a certain way and why she has a certain attitude good or bad and this is like I said goes all the way back to her childhood so it's just a fascinating story Molly Bloom is a fascinating person um and Aaron Sorkin did a just a fantastic job and his first directorial debut so you know I just gotta give him a little round of applause there I mean I love this movie this is easily one of the better movies that I've seen all year and it definitely should get some recognition for that and I recommend that you see it if I had to rate Molly's game out of a 1 out of 10 I would easily give this a 9.5 out of 10 yes a 9.5 out of 10 but guys that's just my opinion have you seen Molly's game or do you want to see it how about turned you on how about turned you off do you agree with me or do you disagree with me let me know in the comment section below let's get this conversation going and keep it flowing if you like this video go ahead and give me that thumbs up and if you don't that's fine subscribe to my channel go to my website check me out there and look me up on social media Facebook Instagram and Twitter all that good stuff it's right at the bottom of the screen and I made it easy by providing a link to all that now in the description box below but guys I just want to thank you again for tuning in to my opinion slash review for Molly's game directed by Aaron Sorkin and starring Jessica Chastain Idris Elba and Kevin Costner and before you go don't forget that my name is brandy Keith Avery and that's just my opinion peace