State of Play (2009) Reviews & Ratings

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State of Play reviews

State of Play holds a 6.8/10 average from 2,217 TMDB ratings.

Good movie, great cast and interesting plot. A movies as they used to be when interesting thrillers were on the screens with higher frequency.
— Andres Gomez (8/10)

This movie follows a familiar subset of the thriller genre, that of the journalist investigating a story and discovering there is more involved than what meets the eye, and before he knows it there is evidence of a conspiracy stretching high into government. How high? Well, that of course varies from one conspiracy movie to the next. I couldn’t help but notice that one of the methods of death early on here was later…
— Peter McGinn (6/10)

78/100 Two reporters working on seemingly unrelated stories discover they're connected in a big way reaching well into the halls of congress. This is an exciting political thriller that maintains its intensity throughout despite being devoid of any sort of action to speak of. An exceptional all-star cast, you'd be hard pressed to see someone you didn't recognize. It's biggest strength is its ability to present an am…
— Dr Nostromo (8/10)

When a congressional aide is killed, a Washington, D.C. journalist starts investigating the case involving the Representative, his old college friend.

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