Synopsis
An ambitious lobbyist faces off against the powerful gun lobby in an attempt to pass gun control legislation.
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Cast
- Jessica ChastainMadeline Elizabeth Sloane
- Mark StrongRodolfo Vittorio Schmidt
- Gugu Mbatha-RawEsme Manucharian
- Alison PillJane Molloy
- Michael StuhlbargPat Connors
- Jake LacyForde
- David Wilson BarnesDaniel Posner
- Dylan BakerJon O'Neill
- Raoul BhanejaR.M. Dutton
- Chuck ShamataBill Sanford
Recommendations
- 80
The Hollywood Reporter
So intriguing are the driven, smart and compromised characters, and so infinite are the dramatic possibilities at the intersection of big business and politics, that a vastly expanded small-screen take built around these characters, and others like them, would be quite welcome.. - 70
Variety
Miss Sloane is a talky, tense political thriller, full of verbal sparring and fiery monologues, undone by a really dumb ending. But that doesn’t mean it isn’t smart for most of its running time. - 70
New York Daily News
Jessica Chastain plays Sloane, and she's the kind of Washington power-player who'd scare off half the cast of "Scandal" — towering heels, pulled-back hair and a taste for the kill. - 67
IndieWire
In a movie that likens passing legislation to pulling off a massive heist, eventually departing from reality altogether in a series of late-game twists so intricate they would make Danny Ocean blush, the sheer velocity of Chastain’s performance holds it all together. - 63
Slant Magazine
The screenplay's enigmatic nature holds one's interest throughout, even as the film veers into pat moralism. - 60
The Guardian
Chastain single handedly prevents it all from veering off the rails by dominating Miss Sloane with her forceful presence. She grounds her heroine to ensure you’re with her. - 60
Screen Daily
Miss Sloane is a shallow but lively thriller which becomes undermined by its makers’ misplaced belief in the profundity of their topical tale. - 60
Village Voice
Miss Sloane, with all its Capitol Hill gloss, sometimes feels too much like a primetime political television drama.
