

State of Play
Find the truth
When a congressional aide is killed, a Washington, D.C. journalist starts investigating the case involving the Representative, his old college friend.
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6.8/10
2,237 votes
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- Status
- Released
- Budget
- $60M
- Box office
- $87.8M
- Language
- English
- newspaper
- journalist
- assassin
- assassination
- washington dc, usa
- government
- corruption
- congress
- election campaign
- politics
- detective
- editor-in-chief
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Produced in
France, United Kingdom, United States of America
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Release dates
United StatesUS
- TheatricalPG-1317 Apr 2009
United KingdomGB
- Theatrical1224 Apr 2009
AustraliaAU
- TheatricalM17 Apr 2009
CanadaCA
- TheatricalPG17 Apr 2009
ArgentinaAR
- TheatricalAtp11 Jun 2009
AustriaAT
- Theatrical1219 Jun 2009
BrazilBR
- Theatrical1411 Jun 2009
CzechiaCZ
- Theatrical15+28 May 2009
DenmarkDK
- Theatrical1129 May 2009
FinlandFI
- TheatricalK-121 May 2009
FranceFR
- Theatrical1224 Jun 2009
- TVTPPolar+1 Oct 2026
GermanyDE
- Theatrical1218 Jun 2009
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State of Play was released on 17 April 2009.
Audience reviews
3- A8/10
Andres Gomez
10/25/2013
Good movie, great cast and interesting plot. A movies as they used to be when interesting thrillers were on the screens with higher frequency.
- P6/10
Peter McGinn
7/25/2021
This movie follows a familiar subset of the thriller genre, that of the journalist investigating a story and discovering there is more involved than what meets the eye, and before he knows it there is evidence of a conspiracy stretching high into government. How high? Well, that of course varies from one conspiracy movie to the next. I couldn’t help but notice that one of the methods of death early on here was lat…
- D8/10
Dr Nostromo
4/30/2026
78/100 Two reporters working on seemingly unrelated stories discover they're connected in a big way reaching well into the halls of congress. This is an exciting political thriller that maintains its intensity throughout despite being devoid of any sort of action to speak of. An exceptional all-star cast, you'd be hard pressed to see someone you didn't recognize. It's biggest strength is its ability to present an …
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