Written September 7, 2009
State of Play - Overused Plot, Predictable
I was not very impressed with State of Play, even though I used to work for a newspaper and I think that Russell Crowe got into his character pretty well. He did mutter through some of his lines, though. I was also hoping to see more of Rachel McAdams. She only had a few brief appearances.
The two main problems that I had with the movie were that it was extremely predictable from the very start and that the plot seemed to be overused. It was reminiscent of a much better 1994 Ron Howard movie, entitled The Paper, and even had a very similar ending.
In my opinion, if you haven't seen State of Play, just skip it. Go rent The Paper, instead, if you haven't already seen it.
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