Movie Info
Genre :
Drama, Thriller, PoliticalRelease Date :
April 17, 2009MPAA Rating :
PG-13Director :
Kevin MacdonaldStarring :
Russell Crowe, Ben Affleck, Rachel McAdams, Robin Wright Penn, Jason Bateman, Jeff Daniels, Helen Mirren, Viola Davis
REVIEWS RATE:
Critics 
Readers 
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Review rate : B
“..works better as this week's elegy for newspapers - it's pulpy, it's reasonably well-written (punched up by Tony Gilroy), and briskly directed..”
“..works better as this week's elegy for newspapers - it's pulpy, it's reasonably well-written (punched up by Tony Gilroy), and briskly directed..”
by Gary Thompson [Philadelphia Daily News]
“..State of Play keeps the twists coming..”
by Peter Travers [Rolling Stone]
“..quite good..”
by Bill Gibron [Filmcritic.com]
“..Not exactly subtle, but delicious..”
by Moira Macdonald [Seattle Times]
“..isn't boring..”
by Colin Covert [Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune]
“..as popcorn entertainment, it's state of the art..”
by Calvin Wilson [St. Louis Post-Dispatch]
“..a well-crafted political thriller..”
by Claudia Puig [USA Today]
“..a smart, edge-of-your-seat thriller that doesn't just tap into the zeitgeist but hooks up a keg funnel..”
by Justin Strout [Orlando Weekly]
“..a red-herring-filled political and corporate thriller that romanticizes reporters and idealizes newspapers..”
by Duane Dudek [Milwaukee Journal Sentinel]
“..a fast-moving, if implausible, thriller..”
by Joe Neumaier [NY Daily News]
Review rate : B-
Reviewed by Scott Tobias [Onion AV Club]
Reviewed by Scott Tobias [Onion AV Club]
Reviewed by A.O. Scott [NY Times]
Reviewed by Ann Hornaday [Washington Post]
Reader's Reviews
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posted by francisco martins on Oct 20, 2008
state of play _- exelent movie !!!i'can't wait the dvd to come out , I gotta have it !!!!kl
posted by state of play on Jun 29, 2009
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posted by Zktzngxd on Jul 13, 2009
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posted by Vylewwet on Jul 15, 2009could've been better.
posted by rdog on Oct 16, 2009Great movie
posted by Steve on Oct 27, 2009