November 20."Fair Game" is about Valerie Plame (the undercover CIA Agent who got outed by people working for then-Vice President Dick Cheney). Even the poster shows Naomi Watts, as Plame, upfront. And in the background is Sean Penn, who plays her husband Joe Wilson. But Penn steals the movie. He steals every movie, doesn't he? He might be the best actor working today.
This movie is great. International intrigue. Government cover ups. Great acting. Amazing script. And it's all true. Well, you know... It's based on actual events, who knows how much is actually true.
Sometimes stories like this get completely confusing. But this wasn't at all. Maybe because it was in the papers and I knew most of the story already or maybe it was just done well. Either way it works.
Side note: the actors they got to play Scooter Libby, Dick Cheney, Karl Rove, and the rest of the Bush crew were spot on.
I want to see this one. And read the book. Valerie Plame was on Wait Wait Don't Tell Me a year or so ago and it was really interesting. She's still not allowed to talk about a lot of what she did at the CIA but her mother can so she fills in a lot of blanks.
ReplyDeleteShe said in the movie her husband and her parents were the only people that knew. I guess that's true. The movie did a good job of showing you what she did as a CIA agent, that's the stuff that I don't know if it's true. I assume it's just representative of what CIA agents do in general and not necessarily what she was doing. You should see it though, it's good.
ReplyDeleteI don't agree. This is Watts' best performance since Mulholland Drive and 21 Grams. She is every second in control of this film, as per poster and official credits.
ReplyDeleteI don't think she wasn't good, I just thought he did a great job, as he always does. And Mulholland Drive is pretentious bullshit.
ReplyDeleteYou can listen to the real Valerie Plame here: http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=97551580
ReplyDeleteIt's really interesting and kind of funny, all things considered (no pun intended).