Where it struggles is in making its points not feel forced or biased. It takes things that have been discussed repeatedly over the last decade and reduces them to headlines.

The story itself would’ve sufficed, but there’s too much hand-holding in Sorkin’s screenplay to let viewers come to our own conclusions.

Molly’s Game is an intriguing character study that also doubles as a pretty good popcorn movie. It is smart, tremendously entertaining and f