State of Play (2009)

British TV version is miles better, but this is still entertaining (and probably would've been more so if viewing the original hadn't let me in on a key secret). Suffers a bit by having a solid group on whom to hang the sign "bad guys" but the cast is stellar and the story-telling tight. You know, it may have been a little too tight, come to think of it. The BBC used a miniseries format, which was the correct length to handle the involved story with so many characters to flesh out and red herrings to chase.

A solid, grown-up, movie.

B