Movie Details
Genres: Drama, Thriller, Adaptation and Politics/Religion
Running Time: 1 hr. 58 min.
Release Date: April 17th, 2009 (wide)
MPAA Rating: PG-13 for some violence, language including sexual references, and brief drug content.
Distributors: Universal Pictures
U.S. Box Office: $36,965,395
Cast and Crew
Starring: Russell Crowe, Ben Affleck, Rachel McAdams, Helen Mirren, Robin Wright Penn
Directed by: Kevin MacDonald
Produced by: Paul Abbott (II), Liza Chasin, Debra Hayward

State of Play

Movie Title: State of Play

Description: Handsome, unflappable U.S. Congressman Stephen Collins is the future of his political party: an honorable appointee who serves as the chairman of a committee overseeing defense spending. All eyes are upon the rising star to be his party's contender for the upcoming presidential race. Until his research assistant/mistress is brutally murdered and buried secrets come tumbling out. D.C. reporter Cal McCaffrey has the dubious fortune of both an old friendship with Collins and a ruthless editor, Cameron, who has assigned him to investigate. As he and partner Della try to uncover the killer's identity, McCaffrey steps into a cover-up that threatens to shake the nation's power structures. And in a town of spin-doctors and wealthy politicos, he will discover one truth: when billions are at stake, no one's integrity, love or life is ever safe.

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Critics Reviews

Boston Globe, Wesley Morris
"...an enjoyably trashy thriller..." more...
B-
Chicago Sun-Times, Roger Ebert
"...a smart, ingenious thriller set in the halls of Congress and the city room of a newspaper not unlike the Washington Post." more...
B
Chicago Tribune, Michael Phillips
"Good old-school thriller, new reality." more...
B
E! Online, Matt Stevens
"...while often rich, it doesn't reach its full potential." more...
B


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