

Molly Bloom, a young skier and former Olympic hopeful becomes a successful entrepreneur (and a target of an FBI investigation) when she establishes a high-stakes, international poker game.
Writing
Sorkin's debut direction—verbal machine gun fire for 141 minutes
Acting
Chastain's monologue explaining her clientele's tells
Direction
Three timelines woven through ski accidents and courtrooms

Director
Aaron Sorkin
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Michael Cera's 'Player X' is a composite of Tobey Maguire, Leonardo DiCaprio, and Ben Affleck—Maguire allegedly once demanded Molly bark like a seal for a $1,000 chip.
Sorkin wrote this during his own cocaine addiction recovery; Molly's control obsession mirrors his compulsive writing process.
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