Miss Sloane

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. (2017-03-28)

Is successful Jonathan Perera just a pen name of Aaron Sorkin or not? That's the question. Rather, it is not, because such a purely Sorkin script would not have been able to make even Sorkin himself, despite all the efforts. Machine-gun reciting dialogs, constant frenetic movement, ties and suits, fancy offices, characters serve purely as bearers of convictions / attitudes, actors from the Newsroom, behind the scenes and politicking with the high politics closely connected with the profession (in this case lobbying) and so on. Yes, this is an open-minded film (in the style of The Life of David Gale and his attitude toward the death sentence), but it's not a bad thing, not at all. It is captured in a sophisticated and emotional way. In addition, at its core it is a damn successful Heist movie, which follows all the rules of the genre. And even without a robbery as such. The more experienced viewer will undoubtedly see the final move through at the beginning (which does not detract from the impressive performance), but it´s not a bad thing, because it´s characterized with such an uncompromising goal-orientation, gradation (Max Richter has a lion´s share on it, as expected), the cool visuals and acting that it can be enjoyed on more levels than just “leftist lobbying for stricter arms purchase rules and cleaner policies". (2018-08-30)

Miss Sloane has exactly what the similar Molly’s Game lacked – a more in-depth character study of the protagonist, including her private life. And Jessica’s acting performance deserves a deeper character focus! The lobbying and politics here may not appeal to everyone, but I personally find the controversial issue of guns in the US interesting (I’m for gun control) and this film offers a great insight into it. (2021-01-23)

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. (2017-05-11)

A polished film with the amazing Jessica Chastain in an extremely believable role as a cunning careerist who probably just had a bit of a conscience stirred in her. Or has she? The main character prides herself on always being one or two steps ahead of everyone else (and of the viewer, as it happens), so there's no shortage of surprises, and although you might manage to predictsome twists in advance, you certainly won't guess all of them. (2020-06-29)