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    Runtime 2 hr 12 min
    Budget $13 000 000
    Premiere: World $9 102 164 December 9, 2016
    USA $3 500 605
    Other countries $5 601 559
    Box Office – Budget – $3 897 836
    Premiere: USA $3 500 605 November 11, 2016
    first day $25 082
    first weekend $59 797
    theaters 1648
    rollout 402 days
    Digital: World March 14, 2017
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    Description

    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.

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    In September 2015, it was announced that Jessica Chastain had been set to star in the film, with John Madden directing, from a screenplay by Jonathan Perera. Ben Browning produced, under his FilmNation Entertainment banner, and Patrick Chu executive produced, while EuropaCorp produced and financed the film, and handles worldwide distribution. In January 2016, it was announced that Alison Pill, Jake Lacy, and Gugu Mbatha-Raw had joined the cast. In February 2016, Douglas Smith, Mark Strong, Michael Stuhlbarg, Sam Waterston, John Lithgow, and Enis Esmer also joined, and in March 2016, Meghann Fahy joined the cast of the film as well. Max Richter composed the film's score.

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    Toronto Sun December 8, 2016

    The reason to see Miss Sloane is Jessica Chastain, an actor apparently constitutionally incapable of giving a bad performance.

    The Guardian May 14, 2017

    It’s a towering, armour-plated performance.

    ReelViews December 8, 2016

    As a dramatic thriller, it does what it needs to do to keep the audience involved and interested, even if some of its most theatrical tricks a...

    Bitch Media February 10, 2021

    All we learn from Miss Sloane is what we already knew: D.C. is debased, but Hollywood is obtuse, and this country needs a better class of poli...

    Black Girl Nerds December 16, 2016

    Now, with Miss Sloane, Chastain brings the heat. She carries this film on her shoulders; she elevates even the most flawed stories.

    Hollywood Reporter November 12, 2016

    Smart and solid, with a smashing Chastain.

    RogerEbert.com November 25, 2016

    The film is not so much tone-deaf as old-fashioned, emerging from a more innocent time (say, three weeks ago) when politics as usual actually...

    Los Angeles Times November 24, 2016

    This is, in the end, not a sociopolitical tract but a movie, and one that unabashedly embraces the scintillating pleasures supplied in abundan...

    Little White Lies May 12, 2017

    The film’s unwillingness to engage in any meaningful sense with the issues it purports to raise feels like an opportunity squandered.

    Financial Times May 11, 2017

    Miss Sloane has the roar of a good political satire/thriller, Merlin-engined for velocity and plot panache.

    Entertainment Weekly November 23, 2016

    Chastain fully commits to her boss-bitch persona, even if we only obliquely learn why she might have chosen such a lonely, mercenary life.

    Chicago Reader December 8, 2016

    The movie shares with other mainstream political dramas an easy notion of Washington as a hopeless cesspool of sellouts, paybacks, and heinous...

    Empire Magazine May 15, 2017

    Hard to root for but mesmerising to watch, Sloane is expertly portrayed by Chastain in this dialogue-heavy lobbyist thriller that should please fan...

    baltimoremagazine.net December 9, 2016

    The creators of Miss Sloane probably never imagined that their cynical film would seem downright quaint. Life comes at you fast.

    Newark Star-Ledger November 21, 2016

    The whole thing feels a little like a season of "Scandal" cut down to two hours – but with all the double-dealing and triple-crosses left...

    Seattle Times December 8, 2016

    Chastain, whose brittle Elizabeth never seems to exhale, let alone relax, reveals almost nothing of her character’s heart – and yet keep...

    New York Post December 7, 2016

    Heavy-handed message movies don’t come more harrumphing than "Miss Sloane," a clunky dramatization of the gun-control argument liberals...

    AWFJ Women on Film November 4, 2021

    This is what I’m talking about: a female-driven drama about the gun lobby starring Jessica Chastain in full flame.

    Austin Chronicle December 8, 2016

    [Chastain] even sells the plot’s preposterous twist like a boss. It’s not her fault, but the movie feels a little silly next...

    indieWire November 13, 2016

    Jessica Chastain is bulletproof in a frothy soap opera about the other women in Washington.

    USA Today November 24, 2016

    Chastain is scary, chilly, yet extremely likable as the hard-charging insider. In meetings and on the job, she has no filter, though as the movie p...

    Slant Magazine November 17, 2016

    The screenplay’s enigmatic nature holds one’s interest throughout, even as the film veers into pat moralism.

    Arizona Republic December 8, 2016

    Chastain gets to play pushy, angry, smart, hurt, almost sympathetic and more. This role is a real showcase for her formidable talents.

    Philadelphia Inquirer December 7, 2016

    Madden’s film offers up a banal truism – money has a corrupting influence on politics – as if it were some great dramatic discovery...

    Screen International November 16, 2016

    Charting the journey of a ruthless lobbyist who develops a conscience, "Miss Sloane" is a shallow but lively thriller which becomes...

    Movie Mom December 8, 2016

    A solid Washington thriller with some telling (and accurate) details, moral dilemmas, and plot twists that keep you guessing until the last ten min...

    Daily Telegraph May 11, 2017

    Lots is entertaining, not least the voracious Jessica Chastain as a she-shark coolly gliding her way through these murky waters.

    Boston Globe December 8, 2016

    Chastain puts on the persona like it’s a superhero costume. It is an awkward fit. Madden’s stagy direction doesn’t help … no...

    MovieFreak.com December 9, 2016

    Miss Sloane tells a story that feels like it was ripped right out of yesterday’s headlines, [and] that coupled with Chastain’s mag...

    Chicago Sun-Times December 8, 2016

    While "Miss Sloane" is by no means even a minor classic of the genre, it’s fantastic, wall-to-wall entertainment, brimming with mov...

    Toronto Star December 8, 2016

    This is Chastain’s movie, as the title implies. She’s never less than riveting …

    Globe and Mail December 9, 2016

    Miss Sloane is a powerfully conceived thriller with something dead at its centre: there is no reason a female protagonist must be good or...

    Newsday December 8, 2016

    Chastain’s showstopping performance elevates "Miss Sloane" above typical genre fare, though it lands a one-two punch in managing to...

    Village Voice November 22, 2016

    Madden … keeps his camera in constant motion, though it seems no camera can move fast enough for Chastain’s frantic, sure to be awards-hyped...

    Variety November 12, 2016

    A talky, tense political thriller, full of verbal sparring and fiery monologues, undone by a really dumb ending.

    TheWrap November 11, 2016

    If this were a TV pilot, we could at least sit back and wait for the character’s vulnerabilities and backstories to emerge, but in the s...

    Uproxx December 1, 2016

    Miss Sloane’s heroine is driven by her craftiness, but the film has all the subtlety of a hammer repeatedly hitting an anvil.

    New York Times November 24, 2016

    Partly because "Miss Sloane" is more a character study than a coherent political drama, it fumbles the issue it purports to address, and...

    Rolling Stone November 25, 2016

    Chastain draws us in, making us see what her lobbyist character keeps inside by the sheer force of her fireball performance.

    SFGATE December 8, 2016

    Chastain takes this role by the throat, smashes it against the wall about ten times and then devours it while it’s still quivering.

    The Atlantic December 22, 2016

    Elizabeth Sloane is a character so archetypal, so prescriptive, that you imagine she wasn’t born in normal human fashion but rather crea...

    San Diego Reader December 9, 2016

    Following a pair of sojourns to the adorable Marigold Hotel, John Madden (Shakespeare in Love) takes a giant step forward with this perfectly...

    theplaylist.net November 22, 2016

    Headlining the sort of pulse-pounding adult thriller that studios rarely produce anymore, Jessica Chastain is a one-woman force of nature as a domi...

    The Guardian November 12, 2016

    Chastain single handedly prevents it all from veering off the rails by dominating Miss Sloane with her forceful presence. She grounds her heroine t...

    AV Club November 23, 2016

    Why does Chastain still feel vaguely miscast, even as she commands the screen?

    Detroit News December 9, 2016

    We don’t need to like her, but Chastain makes us understand and even sympathize with her, ruthless and cunning though she may be. It’s...

    San Jose Mercury News December 8, 2016

    Chastain’s performance is brilliant… Had the movie around her lived up to that, she might very well be walking off with a gold statue in ...

    TIME Magazine November 25, 2016

    Storytelling efficiency is one of Miss Sloane’s most effective calling cards-that, and Chastain.

    Times (UK) May 11, 2017

    [A] slickly accomplished thriller about the lobbying industry in Washington.

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    Lobbying is about foresight, about anticipating your opponent’s moves and devising countermeasures.

    I was hired to win, and I use whatever resource I have.

    You want to lead the fight on gun control? Then you need to be prepared to go to war.

    I don’t remember you ever being this passionate about anything.

    The winner plots one step ahead of the opposition, and plays her trump card just after they play theirs.

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    Watched

    "Sloan’s Dangerous Game" is not a revelation or an adrenaline-fueled race track with constant twists and turns, but simply a good story with a strong heroine and a humanistic message. They don’t give us that little. The film is underrated and deserves the attention of people who love serious, smart cinema.

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    Chastain’s benefit performance in a notoriously boring genre, but it has a cool ending

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    A great Hollywood movie, well produced and acted. Even though the story of two groups of lobbyists fighting for/against gun control legislation is not the most interesting for me.

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    About a mind that perfectly understands the line that should never be crossed and about the strength of character that is capable of making difficult decisions on the path of redemption.

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    The ideal role for Jessica Chastain is a strong businesswoman. It has its weaknesses, as does the script, but the overall dramatic picture of this political film is impressive.

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    I recommend. About how to think 2 moves ahead, but in fact 4))))

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