Sentences with phrase «richest poker game»

Swift, stylish, tough - minded and sharp - tongued, this engaging fact - based drama, about a young woman who at one point ran the richest poker game in the world, is worth recommending if only to see its star, Jessica Chastain, at the top of her nerviest, most icily self - controlled game.

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First of all, in my opinion this isn't a poker movie - for me as a poker enthusiast, this movie has poker in it, but mainly it is about Molly running a game for rich people and one of those people trying to use the situation to make money and ruin other people lives.

Molly Bloom (Jessica Chasten) runs an exclusive poker game that only the very richest can afford.

Molly's Game Jessica Chastain is superb in this fact - based account of a young woman who becomes rich by hosting high - stakes poker games.

The feature directorial debut of Aaron Sorkin, Molly's Game is a slight biography, a rambling exposé of an underground poker game featuring plenty of rich and / or famous people, and a shallow psychological study of its main characGame is a slight biography, a rambling exposé of an underground poker game featuring plenty of rich and / or famous people, and a shallow psychological study of its main characgame featuring plenty of rich and / or famous people, and a shallow psychological study of its main character.

The answer to that question lies in Molly's Game, a biographical drama about Molly Bloom, who ran a high - stakes poker game for rich people, famous people, powerful people, and eventually dangerous criminGame, a biographical drama about Molly Bloom, who ran a high - stakes poker game for rich people, famous people, powerful people, and eventually dangerous crimingame for rich people, famous people, powerful people, and eventually dangerous criminals.

Going back and forth between Bloom's rise, as she arranged secretive multi-million dollar poker games for the rich and famous at luxurious hotels, and her eventual fall that we witness in the opening sequence when FBI agents storm Bloom's apartment arresting her for fraud, the film is an ambitious attempt by Sorkin to fully flesh out a fascinatingly complex woman.

Molly's Game is the true story of the rise, fall and redemption of Molly Bloom, who by the age of 26 was dubbed the «Poker Princess» for organizing high - stakes poker games in Los Angeles and New York for movie stars, athletes, and rich businessPoker Princess» for organizing high - stakes poker games in Los Angeles and New York for movie stars, athletes, and rich businesspoker games in Los Angeles and New York for movie stars, athletes, and rich business men.

After missing out on Olympic glory, Bloom went on to launch an exclusive, high - stakes poker game that brought together celebrities, politicians, and the ultra rich.

But there was little disagreement that playing what amounts to two games of high - stakes poker at the same time by driving up greenhouse - gas concentrations is a bad idea, particularly as ever more people concentrate on coastlines in both rich and poor countries.