AN ACCEPTABLE LOSS: Tika Sumpter Scrambles To Unravel The Truth In The First Trailer

The first official trailer arrived on Monday for Joe Chapelle’s new movie, An Acceptable Loss. It definitely picks up in the second half sampling both compelling drama, as well as the kind of ample danger and suspense you might take a liking to if subversive political thrillers are more your speed. This one features a pretty sinister Jamie Lee Curtis of Halloween fame, opposite Ride Along and Ride Along 2 actress Tika Sumpter from a script by Chapelle. For this, you have to give it to the folks at IFC’s marketing – I can’t remember the last time I saw ambigrams applied and here it’s pretty brilliant, and cool. She was the ultimate patriot. Now, what she knows could bring down the government. Libby Lamm (Tika Sumpter) is a former top national security advisor who, while working with Rachel Burke (Jamie Lee Curtis), a ruthless, steely-willed political veteran, signed off […]

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