Aaron Sorkin is one of Hollywood’s most elite screenwriters who is most well known for his work on The West Wing, The Social Network, and A Few Good Men. This time around Sorkin not only finds himself in the writer’s chair, but the director’s seat as well. When the news released that Sorkin would be directing a film, buzz about potential awards for the film instantly began. Now that most people can finally catch the film in theaters; how is it? To keep it short, Molly’s Game is exceptional. Lead actress Jessica Chastain turns in her best performance yet and her chemistry with Idris Elba makes for some of the most thrilling scenes of the year. The entire cast brings their A-game even if their role is limited much like Kevin Costner and Michael Cera’s were. Sorkin’s script is certainly better than his direction, but that doesn’t make Molly’s Game a poorly directed film. Many novice directors utilize narration as a crutch for telling the story they want to and that’s okay when the narrator is telling a compelling story. Chastain doesn’t quite measure up to Norton’s narration in Fight Club, but she works wonders here. Chastain as Molly Bloom is smart and sexy. She takes her job seriously and personally. Her motivation for certain choices are revealed through fascinating, rapid fire dialogue and Molly Bloom blooms into one of the most interesting characters of the year. Her journey contains thrilling drama, that is dealt like a professional card dealer, and Aaron Sorkin runs the casino. Many have rightfully described Sorkin’s crafty dialogue as inhuman. To quote most audience members, “No one actually talks like that in real life.” Those people would be correct in their assessment, but that’s what makes Sorkin’s writing so electric, nuanced, and unforgettable. His characters appear inhuman, almost as if they were manufactured robots. What Sorkin ends up doing in each script is taking the characters that appear plastic, and turns them into people you can resonate with. Whether it’s Steve Jobs, Mark Zuckerberg, and now Molly Bloom, there is no reason we should be connecting with these people on a personal level, but Sorkin accomplishes just that. He takes grand, successful, heavily flawed figures in the public eye and brings them back down to Earth onto our level. He integrates one scene towards the end of each film that changes the entire complexion of the journey we’ve just seen, and the person we thought we knew. It ultimately becomes about the relationships they share with someone close to them, and that’s why his work resonates so well every time. We have personal relationships we share, and if the idols, role models, and grand figures of our world appear like us, than we truly realize that there isn’t much different between us, and them. Molly’s Game is an electric endeavor into the world of one of the most fascinating females that started a legal multi-billion dollar operation. The Poker scenes are informative and exciting for any person that has a basic understand of the game. The drama is rich and profound, with the actors bringing their unique abilities to the table in their well rounded roles. It’s another inhumanely human effort from Aaron Sorkin, and it will make anyone excited to see what he directs next. While he doesn’t distinguish his own type of cinematic language through his directing, this will have certainly ushered him through that door to flex his vision further and wider. This could be the beginning of an era of one of the industry’s best writers turning into a director, and who knows what the future may hold for Aaron Sorkin. Molly’s Game gets an 88/100