State Of Play (2009— 127 mins) Crowe,B. Affleck,, R. McAdams

   State of Play is a modern day political conspiracy thriller centered around the murder of a congressman’s mistress and the team of reporters trying to uncover the reason for it. Russell Crowe and Rachel McAdams play 2 of the reporters investigating Afflecks Congressman’s Mistress’ demise. Like many political thrillers it takes about 500 twists and turns and everyone is connected to everyone else and basically no one ever tells the truth. It will keep you guessing but not in a way that it reveals enough for you to connect it all but in a way that will still keep you interested. I enjoyed the premise and the story but the length tended to wear on me a bit. Sure, most political dramas like this tend to be inthe 2 hour avenue, but this one tends to drag once it hits a certain point in the last act. It would have been fine at 1 hour 50 and still could have accomplished everything in it. Still, I can say it’s a good movie if you like that genre of movies. I do, but again the length might keep me from watching it too many more times. Crowe is the highlight of the movie, as he tends to play this type of character well. We all know he can play the Gladiator type characters, but I tend to think that these type of investigative types are also his forte. The movie doesn’t exactly make enough use of Affleck so it’s hard to have a verdict on him, but for his role he is good as well.

Verdict—> If you are into Political drama/thrillers then you will prob like this one. If they tend to be over your head a bit or you cannot pay attention for 2 hours then this might not be your cup of tea. Just remember it’s over two hours when you rent it so you might want to get a shorter flick for that other end of the double feature.

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