Molly's Game (2017)
Bias Rating
Analyzing...
Leans Right
Viewer Rating
Rating: 7.5
Overview
Molly Bloom, a beautiful young Olympic-class skier, ran the world's most exclusive high-stakes poker game for a decade before being arrested in the middle of the night by 17 FBI agents wielding automatic weapons. Her pla...
Starring Cast
Where to watch
Bias Dimensions
Political: Leans Right
Diversity: Moderate
Overview
Molly Bloom, a beautiful young Olympic-class skier, ran the world's most exclusive high-stakes poker game for a decade before being arrested in the middle of the night by 17 FBI agents wielding automatic weapons. Her pla...
Starring Cast
Where to watch
Detailed Bias Analysis
Analyzing...
Leans Right
Primary
The film leans right by championing individual responsibility, personal integrity, and a principled defiance against government overreach as the solution to its central conflict, rather than focusing on systemic critiques or collective action.
The movie features visible diversity in its main cast through the prominent role of a Black actor, contributing to a more inclusive representation. However, its narrative does not explicitly critique traditional identities or center on DEI themes, maintaining a neutral to positive framing of its characters.
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.
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.
The film is a biographical drama based on a memoir. Key historical figures like Molly Bloom and Larry Bloom are portrayed by actors matching their documented race. Fictionalized or composite characters, such as Charlie Jaffey, did not have a canonically or historically established race that was altered for the screen.
Viewer Rating Breakdown
7.5
Viewer Rating
Combines user and critic ratings from four sources
User Ratings
7.4
7.1
Critic Ratings
8.2
7.1
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