Molly's Game (2017 Aaron Sorkin & scr)

Entertaining and very dialogue heavy, as you'd expect from this writer, and based on Molly Bloom's autobiography. It seems that Leonardo di Caprio, Ben Affleck and Tobey Maguire were all in her game. The girl had integrity, and the judge had compassion (but not the IRS).

Jessica Chastain and Idris Elba are both good. With Michael Cera, Kevin Costner, Chris O'Dowd, Jeremy Strong.

Shot by Charlotte Bruus Christensen in Panavision.

Edited by Alan Baumgarten (also co-edited Joy and American Hustle and did Charlie Bartlett solo), Elliot Graham (Steve Jobs) and Josh Schaeffer.

It was interesting to have seen it almost back-to-back with another true story about a woman who gets involved with gambling, Lay the Favorite.