A gritty, brisk true story of an Olympic skier’s fall into a high-stakes, witty poker empire.
Suspenseful and pulpy, with dry wit. A full-attention watch at a brisk pace. Emotionally it is heavy. Based on a book.
Streaming on Paramount+ and YouTube (free).
Nothing past what an R promises: some innuendo or implied sex and some violence.
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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.
Bittersweet. It earns its ending, but not everyone gets what they want.
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