FilmShaftState of Play is a refreshingly intelligent story. And make no mistake its all about the story here. Macdonald skilfully un...
Sky MoviesProudly wearing its polemics on ink-stained sleeves, State of Play isnt afraid of Big Ideas or a plot that zips along at a f...
Get the Big PictureFor about 80 minutes or so, 'State of Play' pulses with the kind of energy not seen very often today.
The New York TimesThose of us who work in the newspaper business are highly susceptible to the kind of sentimental view of our trade this movi...
The New York TimesThose of us who work in the newspaper business are highly susceptible to the kind of sentimental view of our trade this movi...
E! OnlineRead all about it: Greed! Corruption! Muuurder! Russell Crowe headlines as a newspaper reporter investigating corporate foul...
Aint It Cool NewsSomething that struck me almost immediately about the smart, complicated, and wholly satisfying STATE OF PLAY were the three...
San Francisco ChronicleBut any real conversation about "State of Play" has to start with the thing that most stands out about it, and that's the en...
FilmcriticBig government getting in bed with corrupt private conglomerates. The fresh-faced Congressman hell-bent on bringing said sca...
/FilmState of Play is a great thriller and one that’s worthy of attention. But more than anything else, it’s a love letter to new...
JobloStill, STATE OF PLAY is not the first film I’ve seen lately that falls apart in the end, and considering that I loved 110 mi...
Atomic PopcornState of Play, based on a British mini-series of the same name, has all the elements youd expect of a top-notch suspense/thr...
Chicago TribuneLike Steven Soderbergh's "Traffic," "State of Play" compresses a British television miniseries into a stand-alone American t...
Chicago Sun-Times"State of Play" is a smart, ingenious thriller set in the halls of Congress and the city room of a newspaper not unlike the ...
Entertainment WeeklyIn State of Play, the excitingly twisty and topical new politics-and-media conspiracy thriller, Crowe's Cal McAffrey, a vete...
ReelViewsThere's no question that State of Play feels a little rushed and the density of plot can be daunting, but the resulting tale...
VarietyA tangy Russell Crowe performance and an intriguing story look to produce reasonable B.O. in wide release.
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Partial Film Information
Director: Kevin Macdonald
Writer: Matthew Michael Carnahan
Studio: Universal Pictures
Cast: Russell Crowe, Ben Affleck, Rachel McAdams
Release: April 17, 2009
Writer: Matthew Michael Carnahan
Studio: Universal Pictures
Cast: Russell Crowe, Ben Affleck, Rachel McAdams
Release: April 17, 2009
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