By Karen - 19 August 2021
Although the Oscar does not sell accounts, in my mind it is the best screenwriter and the best drama of last year. It is full of tension. The plot is reversed and reversed. Only at the last minute can I know the heroine's strategy. As far as the reversal of its plot is concerned, it is a match for Gu Long's novels.
From the beginning of the film, it shows its tension with its quick dialogue and various materials. Show the lobbyist industry through tension.
Miss Sloane, the heroine in this film, is also a lobbyist, but she is not for the realization of any political ideals, but for pure professional needs. The company she works for accepts money from various politicians, wins public support for their political propositions and policies, and persuades members of Congress to support the bill. Different from the ancient times, today's lobbyist companies are highly specialized. They must be familiar with the law, have information about members of Congress and their family members, and they must also create topics to guide public opinion and even create fake public opinion to find people to demonstrate, and so on. In a word, in order to achieve the client's political goals, we must not scrutinize any means, but we must also protect ourselves and walk on the edge of the law.
Miss Sloane is a leader in this industry. She believes in making unexpected moves, not letting competitors know their own strategies and trump cards, and at the same time, they must have insight into the opponent's strategy and peek into the opponent's hole cards. In order for Miss Sloane to be the best, she keeps her energy by knocking on medicine every day, giving up her family life, and finding a duck to get out of the fire if necessary.
One day, the company received an order. A political leader wanted to oppose the proposal to strengthen the supervision of firearms. The leader named Miss Sloane, the company's top brand, to accept the order, but Miss Sloane refused. So he fired the company, Miss Sloane also took the opportunity to lead the team through the opposing camp, trying to get the bill passed.
So Miss Sloane's old company and the new company fought each other and played happily on the lobbyist battlefield. The specific process is not described in detail, please watch the movie. But through the process, it reflects the bottomless and unrestrained political lobbyists. For example, sending undercover agents, betraying colleagues, monitoring and surveillance, intimidating members of Congress and so on.
And Miss Sloane gradually grasped the advantages because of insights and opportunities, and when it was about to succeed, the old subordinates of the old company found evidence that Miss Sloane had bribed the senator before, and then initiated a congressional hearing on Miss Sloane. Snake and strike seven inches, as long as Miss Sloane's personal reputation is foul, her team and camp will naturally collapse.
In the end, Miss Sloane was jailed, but through her own means, she exposed the video of the old company threatening members of Congress. Miss Sloane lost her career and won the bill.
The last ups and downs, how did Miss Sloane reverse the situation and pull down the old company and hypocritical members of Congress? This is left to the audience to see for themselves.
If the movie only wins by the ups and downs of the plot, it is too low. A good movie must describe human nature. In this movie depicting the dark and sloppy political lobbyists, I saw the glory of human nature. For example, at the hearing, Miss Sloane brought the duck out of the fire, feeling and righteous, and did not testify against her. There is also Miss Sloane's new company boss, who disagrees with Miss Sloane's use of illegal surveillance and hackers to gain advantages. Even if you make a living in a sordid environment, you must have a bottom line when you do things.
The excellent plot and the torture of humanity, in a slightly dull 2016, this film became the best of the year in my mind.
