Miss Sloane

Just in case you haven’t had enough political discord and Washington wheeling-and-dealing this election cycle, the intelligent, timely and twisty thriller Miss Sloane introduces an antiheroine feared by both Republicans and Democrats.

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Actress aims for the jugular in drama about a Beltway lobbyist who's morals are tested by pro-gun policymakers.

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It's the sort of modest but hardy pleasure that shouldn’t be taken for granted these days.

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While hardly a conventional role model, Jessica Chastain's latest strong female protagonist, a ruthless political lobbyist, is savvy enough to twist Washington to her will.

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Perhaps a better television comparison for Miss Sloane would be the works of Aaron Sorkin, who loves loves loves writing about an elite few who work the system to affect positive change.

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Even with Jessica Chastain in the role, Miss Sloane is less cool than her movie thinks.

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One particular lobbyist—a ferocious take-no-prisoners individual named Elizabeth Sloane, played by Academy Award nominee Jessica Chastain—is the center of John Madden's "Miss Sloane."

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Miss Sloane's enigmatic nature holds one's interest throughout, even as it veers into pat moralism.

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The Zero Dark Thirty star prevents a sometimes ludicrous script from veering off course with her forceful performance in the role of a Washington lobbyist.

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Miss Sloane opens with a clever gambit: Jessica Chastain's face fills the screen in a tight close-up as she talks about strategy, breaking the fourth wall.

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The actress does her best to fill in the script’s character gaps, but the whole enterprise is undone by some third-act switcheroos.

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Partly because “Miss Sloane” is more a character study than a coherent political drama, it fumbles the issue it purports to address, and it eventually runs aground in a preposterous ending. In light of the recent presidential election, it all feels like small potatoes.

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