Fair Game begins as a thriller and turns into The West Wing, while delivering a knockout punch to the former Bush administration.
The tough-talking film is based on the true story of Valerie Plame, the CIA agent who was exposed as a spy by the White House in an attempt to discredit her husband.
Naomi Watts plays the blonde, brainy Agent Plame in a powerful role. Sean Penn is Plame’s husband, the former ambassador Joe Walker, who accuses the government of lying about Iraq. What could have been dry material is kept alive by the film’s focus on Wilson and Plame’s relationship at home, as political hell breaks loose outside.
Doug Liman, 12A (108min)