State of Play

2009

PG-13

2h 7m

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6.8/10

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Thriller

Crime

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When a congressional aide is killed, a Washington, D.C. journalist starts investigating the case involving the Representative, his old college friend.

Directors

Kevin Macdonald

Writers

Matthew Michael Carnahan(screenplay by)

Billy Ray(screenplay by)

Tony Gilroy(screenplay by)

Stars

Russell Crowe

Ben Affleck

Rachel McAdams

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Cal McAffrey

Stephen Collins

Della Frye

Cameron Lynne

Anne Collins

Dominic Foy

George Fergus

Robert Bingham

Det. Donald Bell

Pete

Hank

Gene Stavitz

Dr. Judith Franklin

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Chris Kawai

Andrew

Directors

Kevin Macdonald

Writers

Matthew Michael Carnahan(screenplay by)

Billy Ray(screenplay by)

Tony Gilroy(screenplay by)

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This movie follows a familiar subset of the thriller genre, that of the journalist investigating a story and discovering there is more involved than what meets the eye, and before he knows it there is evidence of a conspiracy stretching high into government. How high? Well, that of course varies from one conspiracy movie to the next. I couldn’t help but notice that one of the methods of death early on here was later borrowed by the series House of Cards (U.S. version). But there are only so many ways of making possible murders look like accidents or suicides, so perhaps it was coincidental. The acting and the writing were fine, however familiar the story seemed. It just felt like it wouldn’t have taken much originality to alter the plot to separate it from all the other journalistic investigations of government corruption.

narrator5625 Jul, 2021