Miss Sloane (2016)

Jessica Chastain played the young CIA analyst who single-handedly determined "Where in the world is Osama Bin Laden" in Zero Dark Thirty. Now she is a laser-focused, balls-to-the-walls lobbyist in Miss Sloane. At first, she is a "hired gun" for the gun lobby, but after confronting a professional challenge, she finds herself jumping in to work just as assiduously for the opposite camp. This movie is not about guns, pro or con; that is just the largest Washington lobby. This movie is clearly about the facile ways that lobbying tactics and strategems can be flipped and applied to either side of an issue; right or wrong, truth or lies, one side or another are less important than the lobbyist's proficiency in manipulating the theater of engagement and the messaging. Here is a fascinating and fast-paced study in corporate deviousness, on both sides; things get quite intense (some say overblown), but few women actors do intensity better than Chastain. Enjoy! 5 stars. (viewed 5-20-2017, reviewed 10-15-2017)