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Wow was this a reboot of Body of Evidence

posted 8 years ago by rugolin
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I am not an American and have no dog in their partisan politics but this was one bad movie. It is one of those dumb movies made for smart people you can clap themselves on the back and say "I get it,you don't" It starts out well trying to be an Aaron Sorkinlike rat-a-tat smart dialogue movie about the mechanics of lobbying and reframing issues and waits till the second half to insult everyone's intelligence by going horribly,terribly and irrecoverably wrong. Probably the worst part was making Miss Sloane so smugly prescient and omnipotent that she is Professor Moriarty,Hannibal Lector and Emperor Palpatine rolled into one. Her old law firm needed to get the FBI profilers from Criminal Minds and any character Benedict Cumberbatch has played to go after her not a way overmatched Senate Committee. The plot turns in the 3rd act are so literally eye rolling and ludicrous that I could hear audible groans and sighs through the audience for the last 15 minutes. Sitting through the credits I thought this was a reboot of the Madonna movie Body of Evidence with just better actors and less gratuitous sex scenes

[–] transcendingpictures 8 years ago

Nice try. You're not going to find many ppl with taste who likes a smart movie to agree with this. It's clearly not your things. But it very far from the movie you are describing. Did you watch it in Hicksville USA where people still have toilets on their porches and counting past 10 requires toes?

[–] rugolin 8 years ago

That is funny that someone that can't read the first sentence in the post and also goes straight to the middle class hatred and bigoted comment about the working poor is not the essence of a great sensitive mind to start with. It is not a good movie and has also completely bombed(which explained why there was 5 people in my theater on opening weekend) and will be a financial disaster even at the small budget of $20 mil with a return of $2 million this weekend. The movie our Brand is Crisis with Sandra Bullock at least stayed within the realm of reality as well as being based on a real event was a much better film. Go see the Miss Sloane quickly as it will be completely removed from screens by the end of next week.