Russell Crowe is wonderfully good at what he does. Ben Affleck is awesome (never understood the bad rep that he has) and Rachel McAdams, well is just fun to watch. The supporting cast was pretty cool too; you got Robin Wright Penn, Jason Bateman, Helen Mirren and what felt like a cameo Viola Davis (from last year's critically acclaimed movie Doubt).
State of Play was a typical storyline of a political world full of secrets, lies and murder conspiracy, however, they were some things that I did not see coming or thought one way and it turned out to be another… it was fun to watch and uncover what they laid out for us viewers. It was definitely a good movie and Russell Crowe and Ben Affleck were so believable at having this long old friendship full of good times but yet you could sense some sort of history that soured and never fully recuperated. The relationship between McAdams character, Della and Crowe’s character Cal was enjoyable and lightened up the movie and especially Jason Bateman’s scenes – that really made myself and the audience laugh.
Definitely a worth while movie… it might still be playing in smaller theatres, so try to check it out!
