Molly's Game (2017)

MOLLY'S GAME  (2017)  ¢ ¢ ¢ 1/2
    D: Aaron Sorkin
    Jessica Chastain, Idris Elba, Kevin Costner,
    Graham Greene, Michael Cera, Jeremy Strong
When her dream of Olympic glory dies in a crash on the slopes, a skier named Molly Bloom finds she has a second skill that's just as exciting and maybe more dangerous: running a high-stakes poker game. Aaron Sorkin's scripts are always word feasts, and this movie contains plenty of talk. That's mostly what it is, and it's cast with actors who know what to do with all that language: Jessica Chastain as Molly, Idris Elba as her attorney, Kevin Costner as her demanding, psychotherapist father, and Graham Greene as the judge whose court she ends up in when the game catches up with her. Michael Cera turns up, too, as one of the players. He's an unlikely choice to play a movie star, but then, he's an unlikely movie star, and his character's so smug and annoying, you'd like to see somebody slug the guy. Nobody does, of course. They can't. His money's on the table, and he could be holding a full house. Or he could be bluffing. To find out, you're going to have to call. Are you in? Rules of the game.