Miss Sloane

The ending is a bit far-fetched (no predatory lobbyist would have vacated her position so easily, realizing the immorality of her lifestyle), but otherwise it is a decent and quite believable drama from behind the political scenes. Not to mention that the right to own a gun is one of the issues that resonates strongly in today's society. Elizabeth Sloane has got this downright masculine environment under her thumb, and Jessica Chastain lent her face to it, playing the demanding role perfectly. (75%) (28/04/2022)

Jessica Chastain is a great actress, and Miss Sloane definitely relies on that. It's her who grabs the most attention, actually in all her roles. There are other excellent actors, even some legends, but it's her who shines. It's a pity that the script, which in the end is just a fairy tale, failed to shine similarly. (27/03/2017)

A brilliant conversation drama moving at such breakneck speed that will blow your mind right from the start. But even if you don’t really care about the issue of gun ownership in the US, there is another reason to watch this movie: the perfect performance of Jessica Chastain who is at her absolute best, so that the screenwriter and director don’t seem to be able to keep up with her. Her not getting an Oscar nomination for Best Actress is an insult in this case. However, as far as gun ownership is concerned, members of both camps will enjoy this movie because it’s not biased in favor of either side. It’s a pure drama full of dirty politics and lobbying with a distorted moral compass. A movie worth seeing. (29/12/2017)

A typically cold corporate drama of high politics and lobbying. Unfortunately, it's filmed in a rather myopic and typically "cinematic" way, with a finale that doesn't correspond with the relatively realistic first half and the slightly tedious but still bearable second half. It is partly saved by Jessica Chastain, who, perhaps for the first time in her career, plays both a leading role and a villain, and enjoys it to the fullest. John Madden wants to build on the success of the likes of Michael Clayton, but on closer inspection you will find that there is no sophistication here. At least just average thanks to the main character's verbal wizardry. (06/05/2017)

It is true that in terms of subject-matter Miss Sloane isn’t the simplest movie to watch and it might happen several times that the viewer has no idea what exactly is going on in the film. Jessica Chastain identified so perfectly with her role that she applies her Eurovision of the American Dollar so perfectly and as a lobbyist she is putting in double the effort. The result is that you are watching her with your mouth open, you don’t understand half the stuff that’s going on and about the other half you keep thinking how cool she is that she’s coping with all those things as if it was nothing at all. She’s only human after all. And what she does at the end – that’s only for strong characters. Not only does she whip out a stellar monologue about “Now”, she also shows everybody what a great actress she is and how moch she identified with her role. It’s so good that it made for the strongest movie experience I have had in a while. She’s great, I like her and in this film she showed what an amazing actress she is. Miss Sloane is no simple film, but if you get into it, you will get an amazing ending from the world where dreams are made. (10/05/2017)