Bilkish Vahed July 28 at 11:35am "Miss Sloane" is a long, emotionally brutal film that I had to steel myself to stay with. It was the remarkable performance of Jessica Chastain that held me, made me want to know the full unravelling of this woman, Elizabeth Sloane. At the end though, I felt hollow. I was still reaching for a missing piece - what is the backstory of this character, I kept wondering? That Sloane was driven by a singular will to win, that she ruthlessly arranged the details of her life to keep her top of her game, I saw. Yet still I felt cheated of a crucial element of a back story that could credibly explain the psychology of this character. Did I miss something? Yung Ahn I watched that the other day and wished for the same. Big reveal Richard Brody I agree that, contrary to some critics, backstory is usually a great improvement to a movie--the use of it is one of the advances in recent films--and the lack of it is ...