Action-thriller based on the autobiography of real-life undercover CIA operative Valerie Plame (Naomi Watts), whose career was destroyed and marriage...
Action-thriller based on the autobiography of real-life undercover CIA operative Valerie Plame (Naomi Watts), whose career was destroyed and marriage strained to its limits when her covert identity was illegally exposed.
As a convert officer in the CIA's Counter-Proliferation Division, Valerie leads an investigation into the existence of weapons of mass destruction in Iraq. Valerie's husband, diplomat Joe Wilson (Sean Penn), is drawn into the investigation to substatiate an alleged sale of enriched uranium from Niger. But when the administration ignores his findings and uses the issue to support the call to war, Joe writes a New York Times editorial outlining his conclusions and ignites a firestorm of controversy.
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78 %174 reviewsRotten Tomatoes® rating
65 %28,737 reviewsAudience score rating
"Fair Game serves up impeccable politics with a bit too much righteous outrage and not quite enough solid drama."
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Variety
Variety"Things worked out between Joe and Valerie, and for their real-life models, who are now the subjects of a terrifically entertaining movie. But that does not mean that justice was done, or that truth prevailed."
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The New York Times
The New York Times"What's effective is how matter-of-fact Fair Game is. This isn't a lathering, angry attack picture."
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Roger Ebert
Roger Ebert"Telling tales..."
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Otago Daily Times
Otago Daily Times"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."
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Hollywood Reporter
Hollywood Reporter"In the filmography of liberal-skewing, Bush-era true stories, this is a measured, persuasive item. It's questionable whether there's an appetite for hanging out more of the last decade's dirty laundry to dry in the multiplexes or 'For Your Consideration' awards bids, though."
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Empire Magazine
Empire MagazineFair Game | Details
- Runtime
- 104
- Genre
- Action, Thriller, True Story & Biography
- Country of origin
- USA
