State of Play
2009 · Movie · PG-13 · 127 min · ★ 6.8 · 74% critics
When a journalist starts looking into the death of a congressional aide, the case quickly leads into a wider web of secrets around a powerful politician and a major government controversy. As the story grows, the reporter and a younger colleague work to uncover what really happened before the newspaper goes to press.
Based on State of Play
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Details
- Years
- 2009
- Release date
- 2009-04-17
- Language
- English
- Rated
- PG-13
- Runtime
- 127 min
- Critic score
- 74/100
- TMDB rating
- 6.8/10 (2,152 votes)
- Box office
- $87,812,371
- Budget
- $60,000,000
About
You may like this if you enjoy tense political thrillers with newsroom investigations and a layered mystery; not for you if you prefer simple stories or want something lighter, though fans of Sherlock Holmes or Miss Sloane may appreciate the momentum.
Pros: strong cast; tense atmosphere; engaging mystery | Cons: familiar setup; tangled plot; uneven pacing
Themes
- newspaper
- journalist
- assassin
- assassination
- washington dc, usa
- government
- corruption
- congress
- election campaign
- politics
- detective
- editor-in-chief
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Cast & crew
Russell Crowe
as Cal McAffrey
Ben Affleck
as Stephen Collins
Rachel McAdams
as Della Frye
Helen Mirren
as Cameron Lynne
Robin Wright
as Anne Collins
Jason Bateman
as Dominic Foy
Jeff Daniels
as George Fergus
Michael Berresse
as Robert Bingham
Harry Lennix
as Det. Donald Bell
Josh Mostel
as Pete
Directed by Kevin Macdonald