Miss Sloane

— Jessica Chastain sure knows how to put the “power” in “powerful lobbyist” and without her and a very well written script, “Miss Sloane” wouldn’t be nearly as fascinating. She’s ruthless and stops at nothing to succeed at what’s she’s been hired to do. She leads lambs to slaughter, sacrifices her own, and knows what her opponents' next five moves will be. This is a formidable adversary but somehow she manages to get our sympathy in spite of her flexible ethics, raising issues about ends justifying means, the source of political stagnation, greed, loyalty, blame, and redemption. Aside from an ending that I found a little unsatisfactory, I liked the film a lot. Knowing my friends, I think they’ll either love or hate this one—Miss Sloane certainly isn’t a poster child for women in the workplace. (Oh, and having seen “Nocturnal Animals” the day before, it appears that bright red lipstick and extremely high heels may be indicators about a woman’s heartlessness.)

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[2016. 132 min. Directed by John Madden. Starring Jessican Chastain, Gugu Mbatha-Raw, and Mark Strong.]
https://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2016/12/miss-sloanes-washington-is-rotten-to-the-core/510131/