Title: Jay Carr Review: State of Play

" Remedy newspapers are struggling reporters always looking for a good story and stayed up late reporter Russell Crowe looks to with politician friend. Played by Ben Affleck. "

" Swing the spotlight back on him because he's. You go out there. Lincoln -- his death. Two point. I won't go on. The record of I shot this thing."

" That looked and welcome. Full disclosure I'm an old newspaper guy any movie. You know the presents newspapers as yet invaded their big problem is struggling is the kind way to struggling what does this successful right the ones that aren't. That are going down the right they're the ones that aren't -- successful. This will probably be the last show you nervous but we're it has two movies were newspapers -- report and struggling though they are this is the first one it's a a sort of preposterous but. Entertaining thriller it I enjoyed it -- that it -- any right to be enjoyed it quite fit that well because it's it's -- by the way of British the TV series. Because sets up -- impossible. Situation Russell -- is this reporter on me get this the Washington below kind of funny you know globe for him. For a paper. Because he's involved with that act like an old college roommate of that -- like the senators investigating. You know sort of it's black water like. Corporation Iraq you're doing and illegal stuff not only that but he sort of involved as well with the guy's wife's. You know like even for a struggling music ability to buy -- the story right so and islanders has had the thankless job that his editor should she brings a nice sort of classic despair to look to -- that yeah she is believable. But like you know he would say oh you know this guy -- covered by the way up on this -- for twenty years and oh by the way had a thing with his wife. And like the other it was -- the problem just go ahead keep doing the story. What does keep doing this story it does get pretty silly yet it's entertaining people -- I enjoyed it possibly because of its newspaper when you Lebanese paper obviously. I've been applicants a local guy he hasn't had a lot of big hits recently on screen. Now so how they do here does very well he's just this sort of cold hard contained senator who gets a couple of jolts and a couple of surprises and actually provide the surprise Ben Affleck is just fine. But let me look you look the part here got he's he's got this one. Well in hand you know no problems he shows up does his job those -- doing. And keep the puck well. Okay itself -- real quickly would you recommend it people who do not don't know much about newspaper industry sure I think these days unless you don't know about newspapers have better. You know about them but the worse you're gonna feel okay there are."