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Fair Game

Wife. Mother. Spy.

2010 · 1h 48m · PG-13 Drama, Thriller
Directed by Doug Liman

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Overview

A devoted wife and mother leads a secret life as a CIA agent until her husband’s article exposes a scandal, putting her identity and loved ones at risk. As her world crumbles, she must navigate the fallout of her double life.

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Critics on Rotten Tomatoes

Top critics, in their words

All reviews
79%
Tomatometer
Fresh

This isn't a message movie, per se, but a strong point of view comes through regardless: In the battle of principles vs. politics, politics always win.

Peter Howell, Toronto Star
Fresh

An absorbing, unhysterical thriller that largely rejects the cliches of the genre.

David Jenkins, Time Out
Fresh

The blind-siding of Valerie Plame wasn't fair and wasn't a game, but this cinematic outcome is a touchdown for true patriots.

Joe Williams, St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Fresh

Fair Game" is such a brutal and personal testimony to the consequences of dirty politics that it often feels too ugly to be true. Unfortunately, it is.

Tom Long, Detroit News
Fresh

For every spycraft scene, every illustration of the deadly blowback from the leak that Liman dramatizes, the movie has half a dozen scenes of a delicately balanced home life turned on its head by a government bent on destroying one of its critics.

Roger Moore, Orlando Sentinel

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