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''Miss Sloane'' is a 2016 French-American political thriller film directed by John Madden from a script by Jonathan Perera. The film stars Creator/JessicaChastain as Elizabeth "Liz" Sloane, a cutthroat lobbyist who revels on power and is a functioning paranoid. One day she decides to lobby for universal background checks for firearms, for the challenge it represents. The cast also includes Creator/MarkStrong, Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Michael Stuhlbarg, Alison Pill, Creator/AlisonPill, Jake Lacy, Creator/JohnLithgow and Creator/SamWaterston.
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* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: The female Massachusetts senator who berates Sloane for her lack of contributions to feminism is quite clearly based on real-life Massachusetts senator and noted progressive Elizabeth Warren.
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* TheChessmaster: Sloane reveals herself to be one, with the finale implying that she even [[spoiler:instigated the hearings, and her own imprisonment, to get the bill through Congress]].
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* TheReveal: [[spoiler:Turns out Sloane isn't the only person involved in political corruption speaking in the courtroom.]]
** Also, the piece of paper Schmidt gave Sloane [[spoiler:reveals she was working for free the whole time.]]
** Finally, [[spoiler: Jane's been a FakeDefector; she's been working for Sloane the entire time]].
** Also, the piece of paper Schmidt gave Sloane [[spoiler:reveals she was working for free the whole time.]]
** Finally, [[spoiler: Jane's been a FakeDefector; she's been working for Sloane the entire time]].
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* ChekhovsGun: The spies who work for Sloane.
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* ChekhovsGun: The spies eavesdropping experts who work for Sloane.
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* EngineeredPublicConfession: [[spoiler:Sloane's spies recorded and filmed the private meeting between Senator Sterling and Dupont. Sloane reveals where to find the video on the Internet during her hearing.]]
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* EngineeredPublicConfession: [[spoiler:Sloane's spies eavesdropping experts recorded and filmed the private meeting between Senator Sterling and Dupont. Sloane reveals where to find the video on the Internet during her hearing.]]
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* ChekhovsGun: The spies who work for Sloane.
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* FamilyVersusCareer: Sloane never wanted to found a family and chose to focus 100 per cent on her career.
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* CaptainCrash: Sloane doesn't have a driver's license. She confesses to Esme Manucharian that she was terrible during her driving exams and that it was the only exams she ever failed.
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* MarriedToTheJob: Sloane dedicated her whole life to her job and never seeked to get married. It took a toll somewhat, as she hires male prostitutes to have sex and feed her fantasies of another lifestyle.
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* HighClassCallGirl: GenderFlip. Liz hires the "services" of male prostitutes, both to get sex and to have brief fantasies of a married life she never seeked to get.
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''Miss Sloane'' is a 2016 French-American political thriller film directed by John Madden from a script by Jonathan Perera. The film stars Creator/JessicaChastain as Elizabeth "Liz" Sloane, a cutthroat lobbyist who revels on power and is a functioning paranoid. One day she decides to lobby for universal background checks for firearms.firearms, for the challenge it represents. The cast also includes Creator/MarkStrong, Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Michael Stuhlbarg, Alison Pill, Jake Lacy, Creator/JohnLithgow and Creator/SamWaterston.
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''Miss Sloane'' is a 2016 French-American political thriller film directed by John Madden from a script by Jonathan Perera. The film stars Creator/JessicaChastain, Creator/JessicaChastain as Elizabeth "Liz" Sloane, a cutthroat lobbyist who revels on power and is a functioning paranoid. One day she decides to lobby for universal background checks for firearms. The cast also includes Creator/MarkStrong, Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Michael Stuhlbarg, Alison Pill, Jake Lacy, Creator/JohnLithgow and Creator/SamWaterston.
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* BadGuysPlayPool: Connors plays pool with a congressman before threatening his son's political career. It may also be an ActorAllusion to how Michael Stuhlbarg played pool on BoardwalkEmpire.
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* BadGuysPlayPool: Connors plays pool with a congressman before threatening his son's political career. It may also be an ActorAllusion to how Michael Stuhlbarg played pool on BoardwalkEmpire.''Series/BoardwalkEmpire''.
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* TheReveal: [[spoiler:Turns out Sloane isn't the only corrupt politician speaking in the courtroom.]]
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* TheReveal: [[spoiler:Turns out Sloane isn't the only corrupt politician person involved in political corruption speaking in the courtroom.]]
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* EngineeredPublicConfession: [[spoiler:Sloane's spies recorded and filmed the private meeting between Senator Sterling and Dupont. Sloane reveals where to find it on the Internet during her hearing.]]
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* EngineeredPublicConfession: [[spoiler:Sloane's spies recorded and filmed the private meeting between Senator Sterling and Dupont. Sloane reveals where to find it the video on the Internet during her hearing.]]
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''Miss Sloane'' is a 2016 French-American political thriller film directed by John Madden from a script by Jonathan Perera. The film stars Creator/JessicaChastain, Mark Strong, Creator/MarkStrong, Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Michael Stuhlbarg, Alison Pill, Jake Lacy, Creator/JohnLithgow and Sam Waterston.
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* CrypticBackgroundReference: Sloan gives a few to Ford: only her mother calls her by her first name and she's been "lying her whole life."
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* CrypticBackgroundReference: Sloan Sloane gives a few to Ford: only her mother calls her by her first name and she's been "lying her whole life." life".
* EngineeredPublicConfession: [[spoiler:Sloane's spies recorded and filmed the private meeting between Senator Sterling and Dupont. Sloane reveals where to find it on the Internet during her hearing.]]
* HauledBeforeASenateSubcommittee: Sloane ends up on a hearing.
* EngineeredPublicConfession: [[spoiler:Sloane's spies recorded and filmed the private meeting between Senator Sterling and Dupont. Sloane reveals where to find it on the Internet during her hearing.]]
* HauledBeforeASenateSubcommittee: Sloane ends up on a hearing.
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* TakingYouWithMe: [[spoiler:Sloane utlimately goes to prison, but not before revealing the bribery of Senator Sperling by Dupont, ruining the career of both.]]
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* AuthorTract: John Madden, the director, has made many statements about gun control in the past, and openly stated in interview that he hoped this film would change some people's minds.
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** Also, the piece of paper Schmidt gave Sloane [[spoiler:reveals she was working for free the whole time.]]
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* CriticalResearchFailure: The movie was criticized for getting a number of important and highly polarizing issues about gun law in the United States wrong.
** Sloane claims in one scene that anybody can buy an assault rifle in cash without identification. Assault *rifles* are a legally-defined term and are in fact a mutually exclusive category with assault *weapons*, which are common civilian weapons in the United States.
** Sloane makes a reference to gun shows being a place for "any headcase, felon, or terrorist" to buy guns without identification, but gun shows follow the same laws for transfer as any other location; licensed gun dealers must perform a background check even at gun shows.
** Sloane refers to guns being for sale anonymously on the Internet; guns bought online must be shipped to a licensed firearms dealer, and a background check is done by the dealer as part of the transaction.
** Sloane claims in one scene that anybody can buy an assault rifle in cash without identification. Assault *rifles* are a legally-defined term and are in fact a mutually exclusive category with assault *weapons*, which are common civilian weapons in the United States.
** Sloane makes a reference to gun shows being a place for "any headcase, felon, or terrorist" to buy guns without identification, but gun shows follow the same laws for transfer as any other location; licensed gun dealers must perform a background check even at gun shows.
** Sloane refers to guns being for sale anonymously on the Internet; guns bought online must be shipped to a licensed firearms dealer, and a background check is done by the dealer as part of the transaction.
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** Sloane claims in one scene that anybody can buy an assault rifle in cash without identification. Assault *rifles* are a legally-defined term and are in fact a mutually exclusive category with assault *weapons*, which are common civilian weapons in the United States.
** Sloane makes a reference to gun shows being a place for "any headcase, felon, or terrorist" to buy guns without identification, but gun shows follow the same laws for transfer as any other location; licensed gun dealers must perform a background check even at gun shows.
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* CriticalResearchFailure: The movie was criticized for getting a number of important and highly polarizing issues about gun law in the United States wrong.
** Sloane claims in one scene that anybody can buy an assault rifle in cash without identification. Assault *rifles* are a legally-defined term and are in fact a mutually exclusive category with assault *weapons*, which are common civilian weapons in the United States.
** Sloane makes a reference to gun shows being a place for "any headcase, felon, or terrorist" to buy guns without identification, but gun shows follow the same laws for transfer as any other location; licensed gun dealers must perform a background check even at gun shows.
** Sloane refers to guns being for sale anonymously on the Internet; guns bought online must be shipped to a licensed firearms dealer, and a background check is done by the dealer as part of the transaction.
** Sloane claims in one scene that anybody can buy an assault rifle in cash without identification. Assault *rifles* are a legally-defined term and are in fact a mutually exclusive category with assault *weapons*, which are common civilian weapons in the United States.
** Sloane makes a reference to gun shows being a place for "any headcase, felon, or terrorist" to buy guns without identification, but gun shows follow the same laws for transfer as any other location; licensed gun dealers must perform a background check even at gun shows.
** Sloane refers to guns being for sale anonymously on the Internet; guns bought online must be shipped to a licensed firearms dealer, and a background check is done by the dealer as part of the transaction.
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* OnlyInItForTheMoney: Averted. For the most part, Sloan is more interested in the challenge. Also, at the end we learn [[spoiler:she was working for free the whole time.]]
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* BadGuysPlayPool: Connors plays pool with a congressman before threatening his son's political career. It may also be an ActorAllusion to how Michael Stuhlbarg played pool on BoardwalkEmpire.
* CrypticBackgroundReference: Sloan gives a few to Ford: only her mother calls her by her first name and she's been "lying her whole life."
* OnlyInItForTheMoney: Averted. For the most part, Sloan is more interested in the challenge. Also, at the end we learn [[spoilers: she was working for free the whole time.]]
* ScrewTheMoneyIHaveRules: Sloan picks her cases so she can sleep at night.
* OnlyInItForTheMoney: Averted. For the most part, Sloan is more interested in the challenge. Also, at the end we learn [[spoilers: she was working for free the whole time.]]
* ScrewTheMoneyIHaveRules: Sloan picks her cases so she can sleep at night.
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** Also, the piece of paper Schmidt gave Sloan [[spoilers: reveals she was working for free the whole time.]]
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* CovertPervert: Sloane. She has sex quite a bit, and people seem surprised to hear that.
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The film had its world premiere on November 11, 2016 at the AFI Fest and was released in the United States on November 25, 2016 by EuropaCorp, and is scheduled to be released in France on March 8, 2017.
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The film had its world premiere on November 11, 2016 at the AFI Fest and was released in the United States on November 25, 2016 by EuropaCorp, Europa Corp, and is scheduled to be released in France on March 8, 2017.
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''Miss Sloane'' is a 2016 French-American political thriller film directed by John Madden from a script by Jonathan Perera. The film stars Creator/JessicaChastain, Mark Strong, Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Michael Stuhlbarg, Alison Pill, Jake Lacy, Creator/JohnLithgow and Sam Waterston.
The film had its world premiere on November 11, 2016 at the AFI Fest and was released in the United States on November 25, 2016 by EuropaCorp, and is scheduled to be released in France on March 8, 2017.
!!''Miss Sloane'' provides examples of:
* AntiHero: Sloane. She does several questionable things throughout the film, but it's clear she does it for "the greater good".
* StockLegalPhrases: Plenty used in the courtroom scenes:
** Sloane repeatedly pleads the fifth to Sperling's questions [[spoiler:until she reveals Sperling's shadiness.]]
** And of course, the phrase "Do you swear to tell the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth, so help you God?" is directed at most of the witnesses. [[spoiler:Most of them don't comply.]]
* TheReveal: [[spoiler:Turns out Sloane isn't the only corrupt politician speaking in the courtroom.]]
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''Miss Sloane'' is a 2016 French-American political thriller film directed by John Madden from a script by Jonathan Perera. The film stars Creator/JessicaChastain, Mark Strong, Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Michael Stuhlbarg, Alison Pill, Jake Lacy, Creator/JohnLithgow and Sam Waterston.
The film had its world premiere on November 11, 2016 at the AFI Fest and was released in the United States on November 25, 2016 by EuropaCorp, and is scheduled to be released in France on March 8, 2017.
!!''Miss Sloane'' provides examples of:
* AntiHero: Sloane. She does several questionable things throughout the film, but it's clear she does it for "the greater good".
* StockLegalPhrases: Plenty used in the courtroom scenes:
** Sloane repeatedly pleads the fifth to Sperling's questions [[spoiler:until she reveals Sperling's shadiness.]]
** And of course, the phrase "Do you swear to tell the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth, so help you God?" is directed at most of the witnesses. [[spoiler:Most of them don't comply.]]
* TheReveal: [[spoiler:Turns out Sloane isn't the only corrupt politician speaking in the courtroom.]]
