Molly's Game (2017)

Molly's Game poster

Molly's Game (2017)


Rating & Dimensions

Bias Rating
Analyzing...
Center
Political: Leans Right
Diversity: High

Viewer Rating
7.5

Overview

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.


Starring Cast


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Detailed Bias Analysis

Analyzing...
Center

Primary

The film's central conflict resolves by championing Molly's individual integrity and personal responsibility in refusing to betray others, aligning with conservative values of self-reliance and skepticism of government coercion.

The movie demonstrates significant diversity through the explicit casting of a minority actor in a role traditionally associated with a white individual. The narrative, however, maintains a neutral or positive framing of traditional identities, focusing on the protagonist's journey without explicit critique of these identities.

Secondary

Molly's Game does not feature any identifiable LGBTQ+ characters or themes. The story is entirely centered on Molly Bloom's journey through the world of underground poker and her subsequent legal challenges, with no elements related to queer identity present in the narrative.

Molly's Game does not feature any identifiable transsexual characters or themes. The narrative focuses on Molly Bloom's life as a high-stakes poker game organizer and her legal challenges, without engaging with transgender identity or experiences.

The movie does not contain any action or adventure elements.

Molly's Game is a biographical film based on a real person and her memoir. All significant characters, whether based on real individuals or composites, maintain their historically established or source-material gender. No character's gender was altered from its original depiction.

Molly's Game is a biographical drama based on real people and events. The main characters, including Molly Bloom and her family, are portrayed by actors matching their historical race. The character Charlie Jaffey is a composite, original character for the film, not a direct historical figure with an established race.


Viewer Rating Breakdown

7.5

Viewer Rating

Combines user and critic ratings from four sources

User Ratings

IMDB logo
7.4
The Movie Database logo
7.1

Critic Ratings

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8.2
Metacritic logo
7.1

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