Review of Molly's Game (2017) by Scraper — 08 Feb 2019

Molly's Game hammers out details through lightning quick dialogue and camera cuts. It is a dense picture with an interesting central figure. In a world of high end gambling, Michael Cera remained his shambling self but with the same dense, light-speed dialogue.

There was an effort to make the whole thing rigid, as if to tell the viewer to sit up straight and pay attention. I was reasonably entertained by this world I knew nothing about (other than the poker of course) but at times I think slowing action down and letting scenes breathe would've immersed me further instead of feeling I was being read a novel in a limited amount of time.