There were high expectations for this movie and it has delivered award winning attention. Jessica Chastain and Iris Elba are perfect in their roles, which should be no surprise to anyone following their careers. Kevin Costner gives one of his best performances in a small but crucial role. The writing is clever and must have been a bit of a gamble (pun intended) for the story is narrative intensive, told mostly through flashbacks with voice overs or in dialogue between Molly and her lawyer, yet this never slows down the action, nor does it feel cumbersome. This is a good movie, superb acting, great storytelling and, although there are a lot of glittering distractions this film could have pursued - high stakes poker, celebrity, organized crime, competitive sport - it chases down the much more illusive preoccupations of character, integrity, sacrifice and being responsible, while never being preachy or losing it's edge. I give this film a 9 (superb) out of 10 and will look forward to seeing it again. [BioPic, Drama, Crime]
Shout by Nancy L DraperVIP 8BlockedParent2018-01-01T14:26:14Z
There were high expectations for this movie and it has delivered award winning attention. Jessica Chastain and Iris Elba are perfect in their roles, which should be no surprise to anyone following their careers. Kevin Costner gives one of his best performances in a small but crucial role. The writing is clever and must have been a bit of a gamble (pun intended) for the story is narrative intensive, told mostly through flashbacks with voice overs or in dialogue between Molly and her lawyer, yet this never slows down the action, nor does it feel cumbersome. This is a good movie, superb acting, great storytelling and, although there are a lot of glittering distractions this film could have pursued - high stakes poker, celebrity, organized crime, competitive sport - it chases down the much more illusive preoccupations of character, integrity, sacrifice and being responsible, while never being preachy or losing it's edge. I give this film a 9 (superb) out of 10 and will look forward to seeing it again. [BioPic, Drama, Crime]