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Name: State of Play
Released: 2009-4-17
Cast: Russell Crowe, Ben Affleck, Rachel McAdams, Helen Mirren, Robin Wright Penn

State of Play

PG-13
2h 6m
2009

84%

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Academy Award®-winner Russell Crowe leads an all-star cast, including Ben Affleck, Rachel McAdams & Helen Mirren in the gripping thriller about deception, manipulation & corruption. When D.C. Reporter Cal McCaffrey (Crowe) is assigned to investigate the murder of an assistant to an up-and-coming politician (Affleck), he uncovers a conspiracy that threatens to bring down the nation’s power structures. In a town of spin-doctors and wealthy power brokers, he will discover one truth: when fortunes are at stake, no one’s integrity, love or life is safe. From director Kevin Macdonald of The Last King of Scotland, State of Play brings together strong performances, riveting suspense and is “sophisticated, intelligent and powerful” (Shawn Edwards, Fox-TV).

Director:

Kevin Macdonald

Producer:

Andrew Hauptman, Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner

Writer:

Matthew Michael Carnahan, Tony Gilroy, Billy Ray

Cast:

Russell Crowe, Ben Affleck, Rachel McAdams, Helen Mirren, Robin Wright Penn, Jason Bateman, Jeff Daniels

Rotten Tomatoes® Score

TOMATOMETER®

84%

Critics Consensus: A taut, well-acted political thriller, State of Play overcomes some unsubtle plot twists with an intelligent script and swift direction.

Reviews

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Sean Axmaker

... the culture of old style newspaper reporting butting up against the new culture of internet journalism and the bottom line of shrinking profits and corporate demands makes for a lively and very current backdrop.

A serviceable movie, but it’s the performances that carry the experience.

State of Play is a classy piece of Hollywood filmmaking that delivers an entertaining two hours in the cinema and features enjoyable star performances from Russell Crowe, Ben Affleck and Rachel McAdams.

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David Walsh

State of Play entertains, but every film genre, including the thriller, would be improved vastly by a more coherent and insightful grasp of the way society actually works.

Makes investigative journalism feel as exciting, dangerous, brutal, and immoral as political corruption and corporate espionage.

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Genre:Thriller, Drama
Release Date:April 17, 2009
Languages:English
Captions:English
Audio Format:
5.1

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