Fair Game

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  • Opened November 5, 2010 (Limited 11/5, Expands 11/12, Additonal Expansion 11/19)
  • 1 hr 48 min
  • PG-13 | Language

  • Parents: Common Sense Media says OK for kids 14+. More on child suitability

  • Valerie Plame and her husband face the fallout when her cover is blown as a covert CIA agent. Plame's status as a CIA agent was revealed by White House officials allegedly out to discredit her husband after he wrote a 2003 New York Times op-ed piece saying that the Bush administration had manipulated intelligence about weapons of mass destruction to justify the invasion of Iraq. Full synopsis

  • Cast: Naomi Watts, Sean Penn, Bruce McGill, Michael Kelly, Ty Burrell
  • Director: Doug Liman
  • Genres: Drama, Suspense/Thriller

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every American should see this movie

by lilaclily

A must move for each american citizen This happened and not too long ago....

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Entertainment Weekly
| Owen Gleiberman

Fair Game gets you riled up all over again at a deeply unpatriotic abuse of power. Read full review

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The Hollywood Reporter
| Kirk Honeycutt

Liman outfits the film with spy-thriller packaging worthy of his "The Bourne Identity," so the film probably will attract above-average coin and possibly awards attention. Read full review

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New York Daily News
| Elizabeth Weitzman

Though based on a true story with a well-known outcome, Doug Liman's Fair Game is as suspenseful as any fictional thriller -- and considerably more tragic. Read full review

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San Francisco Chronicle
| Mick LaSalle

Watts is the movie's soul, thoughtful and deep-revolving. Read full review

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Naomi Watts as Valerie Plame and Sean Penn as Joseph Wilson in "Fair Game."