Director John Madden
Starring Jessica Chastain, Mark Strong, Gugu Mbatha-Raw
Rated M
Score 6/6

In the high-stakes world of political power-brokers, Elizabeth Sloane is the most sought after and formidable lobbyist in D.C. But when taking on the most powerful opponent of her career, she finds winning may come at too high a price.

For those of you who might be interested according to the movie’s IMDB trivia page upon the Miss Sloane’s theatrical release, the US gun lobby mounted an aggressive social media campaign, especially across middle America, encouraging their expansive membership to boycott and excoriate the film.

I was impressed with Miss Sloane considering that it was the first screenplay writer Jonathan Perera has ever written. Though I was even more impressed with Jessica Chastain’s performance which an example of why she has been nominated for two Academy Awards and why it won’t surprise me when she wins one. Chastain also gave one of the best monologues that I have seen in recent years and is an example of the kind of the idealism that you see in Jimmy Stewart’s famous monologue from Frank Capra’s iconic 1939 movie Mr. Smith Goes to Washington and even though its not an exact quote from the monologue at the end of the movie i can remember thinking about lost causes and how you don’t fight them because you know you can win, you fight them because its the right thing to do.
There were several other familiar faces in Miss Sloane but I suppose the other stand out performance was Gugu Mbatha-Raw, her performance was a great counter point to Chastain’s performance and the win at all costs attitude of her character.