Find The Truth
Not currently showing on the local cinema circuit.
| Cast |
Russel Crowe, Ben Affleck, Rachel McAdams, Helen Mirren, Robin Wright Penn, Jason Bateman, Jeff Daniels, Michael Berresse, Harry Lennix |
| Director |
Kevin Macdonald |
| Screenplay | Matthew Michael Carnahan, Tony Gilroy, Billy Ray, from the TV series by Paul Abbott |
| Music | Alex Heffes |
| Cinematography | Rodrigo Prieto |
| Editing | Justine Wright |
| Sound formats | Dolby Digital, Sony Dynamic Digital Sound, DTS |
| Made in | 2009 |
| Produced by | Andell Entertainment, Bevan-Fellner, Relativity Media, Studio Canal, Universal Pictures, Working Title Films |
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| Genre | Crime, drama |
| Language | Moderate strength and frequency |
| Nudity | None |
| Sex | Mild sexual references and innuendo |
| Violence | Intermittent, implied, impactful and realistic |
| Prejudice | None |
| Blasphemy | Some blasphemy, occasional |
| Drug abuse | Alcohol and tobacco, infrequent |
| Comments | This movie has mature themes and is fairly complex, although fascinating. It has a sense of threat and menace and is suspenseful throughout. |
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| Frightening / Tense Scenes |
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Tense Family Scenes |
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| Scale (Max) | 20 |  |
What the Critics say | ||
| Cape Argus / The Star Theresa Smith | 10 |  |
| Die Burger Laetitia Pople | 10 | |
| Cape Times Betsy Sharkey | 10 | |
| iAfrica.com Nils van der Linden  A breathless whodunit that turns the drudgery of news reporting into genuine excitement. | 13 |  |
| The Citizen Peter Feldman | 18 |  |
| 24.com Shaheema Barodien | 15 | |
| Chicago Sunday Times Roger Ebert The thing is, though, that the movie never quite attains altitude. It has a great takeoff, levels nicely, and then seems to land on autopilot. Maybe it's the problem of resolving so much plot in a finite length of time, but it seems a little too facile toward the end. Questions are answered, relationships revealed and mysteries solved too smoothly. | 15 | |
| eye Weekly Adam Nayman McDonald wants to reignite our faith in the written word as a force for truth, but his earnest belief in printing truth to power is tiresome considering the contrivances of the narrative. | 5 |  |
| Rolling Stone Peter Travers It sounds like a bloody mess, and sometimes it is. The kick here is what a gripping thriller Macdonald has carved out of unyielding stone. | 13 | |
| ScreenIt C. Fuchs A fairly engrossing and occasionally riveting experience, not to mention perhaps a cinematic adieu to old school newspapers, their reporting, and movies about just that. | 13 | |
| Metacritic.com 36 critics | 13 | |
| Rottentomatoes critics 194 critics | 14 | |
| Rottentomatoes tomatometer Tomatometer A taut, well-acted political thriller, State of Play overcomes some unsubtle plot twists with an intelligent script and swift direction. | 17 | |
What the People say | ||
| Internet 6526 Netizens A tense thriller with top-notch acting and writing | 15 | |
Average .. 65% | 13 | |