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Review: State Of Play

State Of Play
Let's say for argument's sake that Paul Abbott's 2003 mini-series State Of Play wasn't watched by everyone, and that many people will be coming to Kevin Macdonald's complex thriller completely cold, with no prior knowledge. Sitting comfortably? Let's begin. Cal McAfferey (Crowe), an old school investigative journalist for the...

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10 comments.
Ben
Posted by Ben at 13:44 on 19/11/09
Did someone show a picture of Justin Lee Collins to Russel Crowe, and say, "we want you to look like that guy."

Helen Mirren was very shouty and English.

It was alright. There are worse ways I could have spent a couple of hours.

EDIT:

Oh, and the Orange guy is really distracting. You just expect him to start talking about mobiles everytime he's on the screen.

Edited at 13:45 on 19/11/09
Luke
Posted by Luke at 11:08 on 10/05/09
I liked the ship one, but you could get the entire film from the last 5 minutes.
Goatboy
Posted by Goatboy at 10:13 on 01/05/09
Russell Crowe doesn't belong in talky thrillers. He needs to be avenging stuff, he's best then. LA Confidential, Gladiator...er...that one where he plays a CGI Serial Killer and Denzel Washington has to stop him. "Future CGI Killer" or something.
Angry moody Crowe = Excellent.
Thoughtful Crowe = Wank.

And that Hornblower film he did was pants too, fat Maximus on a big ship. Like somebody had swapped Captain Jack for a gluttony Sharpe.
Ali
Posted by Ali at 19:18 on 29/04/09
I heard pushes Little John out a tree because he interrupts his ye old poetry.
Goatboy
Posted by Goatboy at 18:44 on 29/04/09
I just can't take Russel Crowe seriously unless he's Gladiator.
And seeing Maximus tubby with a woman's hair at a keyboard just isn't on.
He looks fucking ace as Robin Hood though, same hair, beard and moody.
Wonder if he throws an arrow at an innkeeper for not letting him use the restroom?
Ali
Posted by Ali at 18:20 on 29/04/09
I have the exact same thing. It was just the other day I was watching some tech thriller thing and I remarked "It's bullshit - they never use a mouse, all they do is hit the keys," at the very point they cut away to a mouse. Harumph.
Kirsty
Posted by Kirsty at 17:00 on 29/04/09
Also wanted to add that SoP contains my biggest pet peeve in movies - people sending emails by hitting the carriage return key. There's not a SEND key, idiots.
Kirsty
Posted by Kirsty at 22:53 on 27/04/09
It's a film. 3 words. First word, sounds like...

Huh. Online charades is hard.

The Lovely Rachel is very perky in this. Little perky furrowed brow, little perky pennies dropping, little perky typing.
Luke
Posted by Luke at 22:48 on 27/04/09
I don't even know what this is, but who cares it's got Rachel McAdams in it.
Kirsty
Posted by Kirsty at 12:40 on 27/04/09
There's a scene with Aflleck, Daniels and the guy from the Orange ads, where I really hoped he'd suggest mobile-video conferencing the sex scandal... he didn't. Lost a star for that.
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