Affleck and Crowe together at last! I was joking and not really excited about this movie, but it turned out to be fairly good. Crow plays a reporter Cal McAffrey who is an old Washington veteran who's career is on a down turn. He meets aspiring writer Della (Rachel McAdams) who inspires him to investigate two seemingly unrelated deaths. A Congressman's aid falls in front of a subway train and a petty thief is killed in an alley. Cal is able to piece together a bizarre story or murder and intrigue with the aid of a Washington insider and friend Representative Stephen Collins (Ben Affleck).
Well acted, with the exception of Affleck, and great performances by Helen Mirren, Jeff Daniels, and Jason Bateman, this movie takes a while to get rolling but if you're not expecting too much, it delivers. With this caste it should deliver more, but sometimes a movie is only as good as the writing and director. Unfortunately the direction is just that; decent. I would give this an understated Queue It.
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