Kevin Costner gives a solid turn as Bloom’s overbearing father, but Sorkin’s decision to put some of the emotional revelations in his character’s mouth rings false, and quite frankly is a little baffling. Sorkin digs into this a bit, but opts to focus more on “Daddy Issues” in the third act to disappointing results instead of confronting the gender dynamics.
Clearly she’s a woman working in a man’s world, and no matter how high she climbs or how hard she works, there’s always a man ready to put her in her place and take it all away. But it’s within Molly’s empire that the film starts to have some issues.
