State of Play

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October 4, 2009

Star studded, pretty good political thriller. Better than average on most fronts. It’s a good story of an aging crusading journalist who is unwillingly teemed up with a young blogger to solve the death of female assistant to a Washington senator. As in most political murder mysteries, nothing is what it seems to be, and everyone has alternative motives.

While investigating two seemingly unrelated deaths, Cal McAffrey – Russell Crowe and Della Frye – Rachel McAdams team up to begin digging into the players involved. The deeper they go, the more they find everyone is lying, motives have changed, and the conspiracy may go to the highest levels of government. Cal must deal with his friendship with senator Collins – Ben Affleck, his wife Anne – Robin Wright Penn, and his new partner. There are many juicy supporting performances, however, beginning with those of Jason Bateman as a spineless PR man pressured into revealing confidential information and Jeff Daniels as a congressman who lapses into blind patriotism and moral uprightness when threatened.

The acting is good from the whole cast. It’s dark and suspenseful and the cast is superb. It’s a good solid movie, check it out

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