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Molly's Game

May 20, 2023

Molly's Game is a 2017 American biographical crime drama film written and directed by Aaron Sorkin (in his directorial debut), based on the 2014 memoir of the same name by Molly Bloom. It stars Jessica Chastain, Idris Elba, Kevin Costner, Michael Cera, Jeremy Strong, Chris O'Dowd, Joe Keery, Brian D'Arcy James, and Bill Camp.

Molly's Game
Theatrical release poster
Directed byAaron Sorkin
Screenplay byAaron Sorkin
Based onMolly's Game
by Molly Bloom
Produced by
Starring
CinematographyCharlotte Bruus Christensen
Edited by
Music byDaniel Pemberton
Production
companies
Distributed by
Release dates
  • September 8, 2017 (2017-09-08) (TIFF)
  • December 25, 2017 (2017-12-25) (United States)
Running time
141 minutes [2]
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$30 million [3]
Box office$59.3 million [4]

The film follows Bloom (Chastain), who becomes the target of an FBI investigation after the underground poker empire she runs for Hollywood celebrities, athletes, business tycoons, and the Russian mob is exposed.

Principal photography began in November 2016 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. The film premiered on September 8, 2017, at the Toronto International Film Festival, and began a limited theatrical release in the United States on December 25, 2017, by STX Entertainment, before expanding wide on January 5, 2018, and grossed $59 million worldwide.

Molly's Game received positive reviews, with particular praise for Sorkin's screenplay, as well as Chastain and Elba's performances, with the former being considered one of the best of her career by some critics.[5] The film earned Chastain a Golden Globe nomination for Best Actress – Drama,[6] while Sorkin earned nominations for his screenplay at the Academy Awards, Golden Globes, Writers Guild of America Awards, and BAFTA Awards.[7][8]

Plot

Molly Bloom is a world-class mogul skier with Olympic aspirations, thanks to years of enforced training from her overbearing father. In a qualifying event for the 2002 Winter Olympics, she is severely injured, ending her career.

Instead of attending law school immediately, Molly takes a year off and moves to LA. Becoming a bottle service waitress at a club, she soon meets Dean, an ostentatious but unsuccessful real estate developer. She becomes his office manager, and is soon involved in running his underground poker games at "The Cobra Lounge". Many famous and wealthy individuals, including movie stars, investment bankers, and sports players, are involved in Dean's game. Molly earns large sums of money in tips alone.

Initially unfamiliar with poker, Molly quickly learns how to appeal to the players for tips. In particular, she hopes to please the most successful player, a film star named Player X, by attracting new players to the game. Dean, upon seeing that Molly is becoming increasingly independent in running the games, attempts to control, and then fires her.

Molly, having contacts through years of running the game, creates her own poker games. She rents a hotel penthouse and hires a staff. Additionally, she contacts club and casino employees to spread the word about her games.

Player X, along with many others, leaves Dean's games to play at Molly's. Increasingly successful, as Molly gains more money, she is pressured by Player X to raise the stakes. Harlan Eustice, a skilled, conservative, and successful player, joins Molly's game.

One night, after accidentally losing a hand to the notoriously worst player, Brad Marion, Harlan becomes increasingly compulsive, suffering heavy losses (later, Molly finds out that Player X, who enjoys ruining people's lives more than the game itself, has been funding him to keep him playing). After Molly berates him for his unethicality, Player X decides to change venue for his games, and the others join him, leaving Molly.

Molly moves to NYC to begin a new underground poker game. After reaching out to many wealthy New Yorkers, Molly finds enough players for several weekly games.

Despite continuous success, she fears being unable to cover her losses when players cannot pay. Her dealer convinces her to begin taking a percentage of large pots, recouping her potential losses but making her game an illegal gambling operation.

Brad is indicted for running a Ponzi scheme; Molly is investigated and questioned as to who attended her games. At this time, she becomes increasingly addicted to drugs, as the games have taken their toll. Her players also begin to include wealthy individuals from the Russian mafia, among others.

Molly is approached by the Italian mafia, who offer their services to extort money from non-paying players. After she declines, she is attacked in her home, held at gunpoint and her mother's life is threatened. As she is about to return to her poker games, the FBI raids, as Douglas Downey, a player infatuated with her, informs on her. Molly's assets are seized, and she returns home to live with her mother.

Two years later, Molly has published a book, naming only a few individuals that played in her games. Arrested by the FBI, she is indicted for involvement in illegal gambling with the mafia. She enlists Charlie Jaffey's help, a high-profile, expensive lawyer in New York, who agrees to help after learning she has been protecting innocent people affected by her poker games.

While she is in NYC awaiting trial, her father, Larry, seeks her out and attempts to reconcile. He admits he was overbearing and that he treated Molly differently than her brothers, because she had known about his affairs.

Charlie reads Molly's book and becomes interested in helping her case, as he feels she has not committed serious enough wrongdoing to merit prison. Charlie negotiates a deal for Molly to receive no sentence and for her money to be returned in exchange for her hard drives and digital gambling records. Molly declines this deal, fearing that the information about her players would be released, and she pleads guilty.

The judge, deciding that she had committed no serious crimes, sentences her to 200 hours community service, one year probation, and a $200,000 fine.

Cast

Production

Development

 
Screenwriter Aaron Sorkin, who made his directorial debut on the film

On November 12, 2014, Mark Gordon's The Mark Gordon Company bought the feature film adaptation rights to Molly Bloom's memoir, Molly's Game, which Gordon produced. Aaron Sorkin was hired to adapt the memoir into a screenplay.[10] Bloom had already approached Sorkin, as he was her "favorite writer".[11][12] On January 7, 2016, it was announced that Sorkin would make his directorial debut on the film, for Sony Pictures Entertainment, while Amy Pascal also produced.[13] On February 18, 2016, Sony exited the project,[14] and on May 13, 2016, STX Entertainment came on board, and subsequently bought the film's US and Chinese distribution rights for $9 million.[15]

Casting

On February 18, 2016, Sorkin offered Jessica Chastain the lead role in the film, but the negotiations between them had then not yet begun.[16] On May 6, 2016, Idris Elba joined the film to star alongside Chastain. Sorkin stated that "the casting of Jessica and Idris in the two lead roles is any filmmaker's dream come true, they're two of the greatest actors of their generation, paired for the first time, and their chemistry will be electric."[17] On September 7, 2016, Michael Cera joined the cast as Player X, a celebrity poker player.[18] On October 17, 2016, Kevin Costner joined as Molly Bloom's father,[19] and on October 21, 2016, Brian d'Arcy James was added.[20] On November 9, 2016, Chris O'Dowd, Jeremy Strong, Bill Camp, and Graham Greene joined the cast as well.[21]

Molly Bloom herself discussed Chastain's portrayal of her character with ET Canada stating, "We spent a little time together. She didn't have much time for prep or research," Bloom told ET Canada's Matte Babel. "I was blown away by her performance by how right it was and how deep and understood I felt by her performance."[22]

Filming

Principal photography began on November 9, 2016, in Toronto.[23] Production concluded on February 9, 2017.[24]

Release

Molly's Game premiered on September 8, 2017, at the Toronto International Film Festival.[2] It was also the closing film at AFI Fest on November 16, 2017, replacing All the Money in the World.[25] It began a limited release in North America on December 25, 2017, before expanding wide on January 5, 2018.[26] The film was previously slated to be released on November 22, 2017, before being moved to the Christmas date in October 2017.[27]

Reception

Box office

Molly's Game grossed $28.8 million in the United States and Canada, and $30.5 million in other territories, for a worldwide total of $59.3 million.[4]

On Christmas Day, the film debuted with $1.04 million from 271 theaters.[28] In its first full weekend, the film grossed $2.3 million, finishing 13th at the box office.[29] The film expanded wide on January 5, 2018, alongside the opening of Insidious: The Last Key, and was projected to gross around $6 million from 1,608 theaters in its opening weekend.[3] It ended up debuting to $6.9 million, finishing 7th at the box office.[30] The following weekend it dropped 44% to $3.9 million, finishing 11th.[31] In its third week of wide release the film grossed $1.7 million, finishing 19th.[32]

The film also grossed a total of $4.5 million in France and $5.3 million in the United Kingdom.[33]

Critical response

On review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes, the film has an approval rating of 82% based on 309 reviews, with an average rating of 7.10/10. The website's critical consensus reads, "Powered by an intriguing story and a pair of outstanding performances from Jessica Chastain and Idris Elba, Molly's Game marks a solid debut for writer-director Aaron Sorkin."[34] On Metacritic, the film has a weighted average score of 71 out of 100, based on 46 critics, indicating "generally favorable reviews".[35] Audiences polled by CinemaScore gave the film an average grade of "A−" on an A+ to F scale.[28]

Peter Debruge of Variety praised Sorkin's script, saying, "... Molly's Game delivers one of the screen's great female parts — a dense, dynamic, compulsively entertaining affair, whose central role makes stunning use of Chastain's stratospheric talent."[36] Mike Ryan of Uproxx gave the film 9/10, writing, "Molly's Game is a perfect story for Sorkin. There's poker, the Russian mafia, the Italian mafia, celebrities, and sports. The only thing missing for Sorkin's wheelhouse is President Bartlet. And at over two hours long, the film still feels tight and never fails to entertain."[37]

Writing for Rolling Stone, Peter Travers gave the film 3 out of 4 stars, saying, "Molly's Game bristles with fun zingers, electric energy and Sorkin's brand of verbal fireworks – all of which help enormously when the movie falters in fleshing out its characters. Still, in his first film with a female protagonist, the writer-director has hit on a timely theme: the tribulations of being a woman in a man's world."[38] Chastain's portrayal of Molly Bloom was praised by The Hollywood Reporter, for "Chastain roars through the performance with a force and take-no-prisoners attitude that keeps one rapt." The Hollywood Reporter also stated: "Sorkin keeps things rolling relentlessly and gets fine results from the actors down the line [...]. [...] The film looks sharp and a trio of editors keeps thing pacey despite the 140-minute running time." It concluded: "One strong woman and many rich men make for a good show."[39]

Accolades

Award Date of ceremony Category Recipient(s) Result Ref.
AARP's Movies for Grownups Awards February 5, 2018 Best Screenwriter Aaron Sorkin Won [40][41]
Academy Awards March 4, 2018 Best Adapted Screenplay Nominated [42]
Alliance of Women Film Journalists January 9, 2018 Best Adapted Screenplay Nominated [43]
American Cinema Editors January 26, 2018 Best Edited Feature Film – Dramatic Alan Baumgarten, Elliot Graham and Josh Schaeffer Nominated [44]
British Academy Film Awards February 18, 2018 Best Adapted Screenplay Aaron Sorkin Nominated [45]
Critics' Choice Movie Awards January 11, 2018 Best Actress Jessica Chastain Nominated [46]
Best Adapted Screenplay Aaron Sorkin Nominated
Denver International Film Festival November 13, 2017 Career Achievement Award Won [47]
Detroit Film Critics Society December 7, 2017 Best Actress Jessica Chastain Nominated [48]
Florida Film Critics Circle December 23, 2017 Best Screenplay – Adapted Aaron Sorkin Nominated [49]
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Georgia Film Critics Association January 12, 2018 Best Actress Jessica Chastain Nominated [51]
Best Adapted Screenplay Aaron Sorkin Nominated
Golden Globe Awards January 7, 2018 Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama Jessica Chastain Nominated [6]
Best Screenplay Aaron Sorkin Nominated
Mill Valley Film Festival October 17, 2017 Audience Favorite U.S. Cinema – Gold Award Molly's Game Won [52]
Palm Springs International Film Festival January 2, 2018 Chairman's Award Jessica Chastain Won [53]
Producers Guild of America Awards January 20, 2018 Best Theatrical Motion Picture Mark Gordon, Amy Pascal and Matt Jackson Nominated [54]
San Francisco Film Critics Circle December 10, 2017 Best Adapted Screenplay Aaron Sorkin Nominated [55]
Satellite Awards February 10, 2018 Best Actress Jessica Chastain Nominated [56]
Best Adapted Screenplay Aaron Sorkin Nominated
USC Scripter Awards February 10, 2018 Best Screenplay Aaron Sorkin and Molly Bloom Nominated [57]
Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association December 8, 2017 Best Adapted Screenplay Aaron Sorkin Nominated [58]
Writers Guild of America Awards February 11, 2018 Best Adapted Screenplay Nominated [8]
Zurich Film Festival October 4, 2017 Career Achievement Award Won [59]

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Molly s Game is a 2017 American biographical crime drama film written and directed by Aaron Sorkin in his directorial debut based on the 2014 memoir of the same name by Molly Bloom It stars Jessica Chastain Idris Elba Kevin Costner Michael Cera Jeremy Strong Chris O Dowd Joe Keery Brian D Arcy James and Bill Camp Molly s GameTheatrical release posterDirected byAaron SorkinScreenplay byAaron SorkinBased onMolly s Game by Molly BloomProduced byMark Gordon Amy Pascal Matt JacksonStarringJessica Chastain Idris Elba Kevin Costner Michael Cera Jeremy Strong Chris O Dowd Bill CampCinematographyCharlotte Bruus ChristensenEdited byAlan Baumgarten Josh Schaeffer Elliot GrahamMusic byDaniel PembertonProductioncompaniesSTXfilms H Brothers TMP The MG CompanyDistributed bySTX Entertainment United States Sierra Affinity International 1 Release datesSeptember 8 2017 2017 09 08 TIFF December 25 2017 2017 12 25 United States Running time141 minutes 2 CountryUnited StatesLanguageEnglishBudget 30 million 3 Box office 59 3 million 4 The film follows Bloom Chastain who becomes the target of an FBI investigation after the underground poker empire she runs for Hollywood celebrities athletes business tycoons and the Russian mob is exposed Principal photography began in November 2016 in Toronto Ontario Canada The film premiered on September 8 2017 at the Toronto International Film Festival and began a limited theatrical release in the United States on December 25 2017 by STX Entertainment before expanding wide on January 5 2018 and grossed 59 million worldwide Molly s Game received positive reviews with particular praise for Sorkin s screenplay as well as Chastain and Elba s performances with the former being considered one of the best of her career by some critics 5 The film earned Chastain a Golden Globe nomination for Best Actress Drama 6 while Sorkin earned nominations for his screenplay at the Academy Awards Golden Globes Writers Guild of America Awards and BAFTA Awards 7 8 Contents 1 Plot 2 Cast 3 Production 3 1 Development 3 2 Casting 3 3 Filming 4 Release 5 Reception 5 1 Box office 5 2 Critical response 5 3 Accolades 6 References 7 External linksPlot EditMolly Bloom is a world class mogul skier with Olympic aspirations thanks to years of enforced training from her overbearing father In a qualifying event for the 2002 Winter Olympics she is severely injured ending her career Instead of attending law school immediately Molly takes a year off and moves to LA Becoming a bottle service waitress at a club she soon meets Dean an ostentatious but unsuccessful real estate developer She becomes his office manager and is soon involved in running his underground poker games at The Cobra Lounge Many famous and wealthy individuals including movie stars investment bankers and sports players are involved in Dean s game Molly earns large sums of money in tips alone Initially unfamiliar with poker Molly quickly learns how to appeal to the players for tips In particular she hopes to please the most successful player a film star named Player X by attracting new players to the game Dean upon seeing that Molly is becoming increasingly independent in running the games attempts to control and then fires her Molly having contacts through years of running the game creates her own poker games She rents a hotel penthouse and hires a staff Additionally she contacts club and casino employees to spread the word about her games Player X along with many others leaves Dean s games to play at Molly s Increasingly successful as Molly gains more money she is pressured by Player X to raise the stakes Harlan Eustice a skilled conservative and successful player joins Molly s game One night after accidentally losing a hand to the notoriously worst player Brad Marion Harlan becomes increasingly compulsive suffering heavy losses later Molly finds out that Player X who enjoys ruining people s lives more than the game itself has been funding him to keep him playing After Molly berates him for his unethicality Player X decides to change venue for his games and the others join him leaving Molly Molly moves to NYC to begin a new underground poker game After reaching out to many wealthy New Yorkers Molly finds enough players for several weekly games Despite continuous success she fears being unable to cover her losses when players cannot pay Her dealer convinces her to begin taking a percentage of large pots recouping her potential losses but making her game an illegal gambling operation Brad is indicted for running a Ponzi scheme Molly is investigated and questioned as to who attended her games At this time she becomes increasingly addicted to drugs as the games have taken their toll Her players also begin to include wealthy individuals from the Russian mafia among others Molly is approached by the Italian mafia who offer their services to extort money from non paying players After she declines she is attacked in her home held at gunpoint and her mother s life is threatened As she is about to return to her poker games the FBI raids as Douglas Downey a player infatuated with her informs on her Molly s assets are seized and she returns home to live with her mother Two years later Molly has published a book naming only a few individuals that played in her games Arrested by the FBI she is indicted for involvement in illegal gambling with the mafia She enlists Charlie Jaffey s help a high profile expensive lawyer in New York who agrees to help after learning she has been protecting innocent people affected by her poker games While she is in NYC awaiting trial her father Larry seeks her out and attempts to reconcile He admits he was overbearing and that he treated Molly differently than her brothers because she had known about his affairs Charlie reads Molly s book and becomes interested in helping her case as he feels she has not committed serious enough wrongdoing to merit prison Charlie negotiates a deal for Molly to receive no sentence and for her money to be returned in exchange for her hard drives and digital gambling records Molly declines this deal fearing that the information about her players would be released and she pleads guilty The judge deciding that she had committed no serious crimes sentences her to 200 hours community service one year probation and a 200 000 fine Cast EditJessica Chastain as Molly Bloom Idris Elba as Charlie Jaffey Molly s lawyer Kevin Costner as Larry Bloom Molly s father and a clinical psychologist Michael Cera as Player X a composite character based on celebrity gamblers including Tobey Maguire Leonardo DiCaprio and Ben Affleck 9 Jeremy Strong as Dean Keith the real estate developer who brings Molly into the world of underground poker inspired by Darin Feinstein Chris O Dowd as Douglas Downey the man who introduces Molly to the Russian mob and brings them to the table Bill Camp as Harlan Eustice a card sharp who gets in over his head Brian d Arcy James as Brad Marion a hedge fund manager Justin Kirk as Jay J C MacKenzie as Harrison Wellstone Graham Greene as Judge Dustin Foxman Samantha Isler as Teen Molly Bloom Angela Gots as B Natalie Krill as Winston Joe Keery as Cole Michael Kostroff as Louis Butterman Claire Rankin as Charlene Bloom Molly s mother and Larry s wife Jon Bass as Shelly Habib Kjartan Hewitt as Player Jacob Blair as Jeremy Bloom Molly s brother Dan Lett as David Segan Rachel Skarsten as Leah Dov Tiefenbach as Club Customer David Reale as LA Player Jake Goldsbie as LA Player Chris Owens as LA Player Thomas Hauff as Mr Sernovitz Ari Cohen as NY PlayerProduction EditDevelopment Edit Screenwriter Aaron Sorkin who made his directorial debut on the film On November 12 2014 Mark Gordon s The Mark Gordon Company bought the feature film adaptation rights to Molly Bloom s memoir Molly s Game which Gordon produced Aaron Sorkin was hired to adapt the memoir into a screenplay 10 Bloom had already approached Sorkin as he was her favorite writer 11 12 On January 7 2016 it was announced that Sorkin would make his directorial debut on the film for Sony Pictures Entertainment while Amy Pascal also produced 13 On February 18 2016 Sony exited the project 14 and on May 13 2016 STX Entertainment came on board and subsequently bought the film s US and Chinese distribution rights for 9 million 15 Casting Edit On February 18 2016 Sorkin offered Jessica Chastain the lead role in the film but the negotiations between them had then not yet begun 16 On May 6 2016 Idris Elba joined the film to star alongside Chastain Sorkin stated that the casting of Jessica and Idris in the two lead roles is any filmmaker s dream come true they re two of the greatest actors of their generation paired for the first time and their chemistry will be electric 17 On September 7 2016 Michael Cera joined the cast as Player X a celebrity poker player 18 On October 17 2016 Kevin Costner joined as Molly Bloom s father 19 and on October 21 2016 Brian d Arcy James was added 20 On November 9 2016 Chris O Dowd Jeremy Strong Bill Camp and Graham Greene joined the cast as well 21 Molly Bloom herself discussed Chastain s portrayal of her character with ET Canada stating We spent a little time together She didn t have much time for prep or research Bloom told ET Canada s Matte Babel I was blown away by her performance by how right it was and how deep and understood I felt by her performance 22 Filming Edit Principal photography began on November 9 2016 in Toronto 23 Production concluded on February 9 2017 24 Release EditMolly s Game premiered on September 8 2017 at the Toronto International Film Festival 2 It was also the closing film at AFI Fest on November 16 2017 replacing All the Money in the World 25 It began a limited release in North America on December 25 2017 before expanding wide on January 5 2018 26 The film was previously slated to be released on November 22 2017 before being moved to the Christmas date in October 2017 27 Reception EditBox office Edit Molly s Game grossed 28 8 million in the United States and Canada and 30 5 million in other territories for a worldwide total of 59 3 million 4 On Christmas Day the film debuted with 1 04 million from 271 theaters 28 In its first full weekend the film grossed 2 3 million finishing 13th at the box office 29 The film expanded wide on January 5 2018 alongside the opening of Insidious The Last Key and was projected to gross around 6 million from 1 608 theaters in its opening weekend 3 It ended up debuting to 6 9 million finishing 7th at the box office 30 The following weekend it dropped 44 to 3 9 million finishing 11th 31 In its third week of wide release the film grossed 1 7 million finishing 19th 32 The film also grossed a total of 4 5 million in France and 5 3 million in the United Kingdom 33 Critical response Edit On review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes the film has an approval rating of 82 based on 309 reviews with an average rating of 7 10 10 The website s critical consensus reads Powered by an intriguing story and a pair of outstanding performances from Jessica Chastain and Idris Elba Molly s Game marks a solid debut for writer director Aaron Sorkin 34 On Metacritic the film has a weighted average score of 71 out of 100 based on 46 critics indicating generally favorable reviews 35 Audiences polled by CinemaScore gave the film an average grade of A on an A to F scale 28 Peter Debruge of Variety praised Sorkin s script saying Molly s Game delivers one of the screen s great female parts a dense dynamic compulsively entertaining affair whose central role makes stunning use of Chastain s stratospheric talent 36 Mike Ryan of Uproxx gave the film 9 10 writing Molly s Game is a perfect story for Sorkin There s poker the Russian mafia the Italian mafia celebrities and sports The only thing missing for Sorkin s wheelhouse is President Bartlet And at over two hours long the film still feels tight and never fails to entertain 37 Writing for Rolling Stone Peter Travers gave the film 3 out of 4 stars saying Molly s Game bristles with fun zingers electric energy and Sorkin s brand of verbal fireworks all of which help enormously when the movie falters in fleshing out its characters Still in his first film with a female protagonist the writer director has hit on a timely theme the tribulations of being a woman in a man s world 38 Chastain s portrayal of Molly Bloom was praised by The Hollywood Reporter for Chastain roars through the performance with a force and take no prisoners attitude that keeps one rapt The Hollywood Reporter also stated Sorkin keeps things rolling relentlessly and gets fine results from the actors down the line The film looks sharp and a trio of editors keeps thing pacey despite the 140 minute running time It concluded One strong woman and many rich men make for a good show 39 Accolades Edit Award Date of ceremony Category Recipient s Result Ref AARP s Movies for Grownups Awards February 5 2018 Best Screenwriter Aaron Sorkin Won 40 41 Academy Awards March 4 2018 Best Adapted Screenplay Nominated 42 Alliance of Women Film Journalists January 9 2018 Best Adapted Screenplay Nominated 43 American Cinema Editors January 26 2018 Best Edited Feature Film Dramatic Alan Baumgarten Elliot Graham and Josh Schaeffer Nominated 44 British Academy Film Awards February 18 2018 Best Adapted Screenplay Aaron Sorkin Nominated 45 Critics Choice Movie Awards January 11 2018 Best Actress Jessica Chastain Nominated 46 Best Adapted Screenplay Aaron Sorkin NominatedDenver International Film Festival November 13 2017 Career Achievement Award Won 47 Detroit Film Critics Society December 7 2017 Best Actress Jessica Chastain Nominated 48 Florida Film Critics Circle December 23 2017 Best Screenplay Adapted Aaron Sorkin Nominated 49 50 Georgia Film Critics Association January 12 2018 Best Actress Jessica Chastain Nominated 51 Best Adapted Screenplay Aaron Sorkin NominatedGolden Globe Awards January 7 2018 Best Actress in a Motion Picture Drama Jessica Chastain Nominated 6 Best Screenplay Aaron Sorkin NominatedMill Valley Film Festival October 17 2017 Audience Favorite U S Cinema Gold Award Molly s Game Won 52 Palm Springs International Film Festival January 2 2018 Chairman s Award Jessica Chastain Won 53 Producers Guild of America Awards January 20 2018 Best Theatrical Motion Picture Mark Gordon Amy Pascal and Matt Jackson Nominated 54 San Francisco Film Critics Circle December 10 2017 Best Adapted Screenplay Aaron Sorkin Nominated 55 Satellite Awards February 10 2018 Best Actress Jessica Chastain Nominated 56 Best Adapted Screenplay Aaron Sorkin NominatedUSC Scripter Awards February 10 2018 Best Screenplay Aaron Sorkin and Molly Bloom Nominated 57 Washington D C Area Film Critics Association December 8 2017 Best Adapted Screenplay Aaron Sorkin Nominated 58 Writers Guild of America Awards February 11 2018 Best Adapted Screenplay Nominated 8 Zurich Film Festival October 4 2017 Career Achievement Award Won 59 References Edit 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