State of Play

[zoezoe]

loved the cast...ben affleck, russell crowe, helen muir and what's her name from the notebook and the time traveler's wife. lol
it's definitely a movie where you have to pay attention but very intereting twists.
you'll like it if you like movies where the new reporters get the story and solve the crime.

[Retriever Mama]

Sigh...I thought it was ok. The BBC miniseries that it was based on was amazing. This just didn't hold up. I love Ben Affleck...as a director. The guy can't act his way out of a paper bag. Russell Crowe was fine, but I guess they just changed the characters and the plot too much. The original has James MacAvoy and Bill Nighy in Helen Mirren's role.

I will say Jason Bateman stole the show and the Foy character. I've never seen him play a role to the hilt like that.

Fun rental...but again, I can't rave enough about the BBC version.