People are voting emotionally.

One of my all time favorites.

I don't have all the words right now but this film is a work of art.

Through painfully honest and emotional moments, the movie becomes irresistibly relatable

This was okay, not as interesting as it should have been based on the subject matter and a bit of a slow burn if I'm honest. The camera work is also jerky -as this is meant to be a sort of docudrama but I just found that aspect distracting. The story itself is also told in little snippets of events so that it jumps around and skips ahead with bits of stories. Superb performances from Naomi Watts and Sean Penn are ultimately what saves this and makes it at all watchable.Based on true events, this is a political drama that follows Valerie Plame, a CIA agent whose identity is leaked by the government after her husband writes an article criticizing the Bush administration. With her cover blown, Valarie struggles to save what's left of her career while her diplomat husband creates even more controversy.The storytelling here is angry for the most part and that comes through even with the undeveloped characters - I never did get a feel for anyone involved here. Despite everything though this still managed to be somewhat absorbing and by the end I did find myself invested in their story. I liked seeing the real Valarie in the final scene, giving her testimony. 7/21/15

Life against false behavior is hard. If you don't suck it up you pay. Especially when the government is the liar. I don't know why nations have to go to war, it escapes me. We already spend billions of rupees and dollar to keep on matching others artillery. It has always been a vicious cycle. You make weapons , we make weapons. You build nuclear weapons we need that to feel secure from you. What are we all going to with all the weapons god only knows. Lets see we might use it on innocent countries and drink there juice. In this case oil. Russia is doing such right now drinking Ukraine's blood. All for what power wealth and GDP. No one thinks of lives that are spent on this false conquests. Aren't we well passed people like Hitler. We don't need wars that are shameful. On no grounds. It is sad that Mr Bush being America's president collaborated in a false war. Coming back to FAIR GAME decided to discredited the only two who would have stood up for the truth. Their story is The unraveling of the cover up by the United states Government into going to war against IRAQ.

Valerie Plame (Naomi Watts) was a covert operations officer at the CIA. In the run up to the Iraq war, she worked at the counter proliferation division gathering intelligence and developing sources. Her husband Joe Wilson (Sean Penn) is sent to Niger to investigate one particular claim. The president uses misinformation in his speech, and the country goes to war. Joe Wilson writes in the New York Times to dispute the report, and the White House targets the couple. Eventually they leak her identity and jeopardize her sources.This is based on Valerie and Joe's account of the events. The best is that they didn't jazz up the CIA with dozens of flat screen TV. The story is a little too familiar, and there aren't many surprises at the end. Director Doug Liman should probably have added a scene at the end with those diner guests. The movie starts out strong, but fizzles a little towards the end. The biggest mistake is casting Sean Penn. It gives an obvious target for those who claim that this is a left wing bias movie. Penn is a brilliant actor. He's not needed here. A more adorable guy with a softer image would probably work better. I'm thinking Oliver Platt.

As others have noted, the simple fact that this film is based upon a true story makes it the success it is. If it were a work of fiction, FAIR GAME would be nothing more than another very forgettable thriller. Yes, there are some of the inevitable oversimplifications, and the film is obviously subject to some bias by the fact that its primary sources are books written by the protagonists, retired ambassador Joe Wilson and his CIA agent wife, Valerie Plame. All the same, it captures the complexities of this very serious breach of security and miscarriage of justice about as well as it possibly could.Fine acting by two of Hollywood's finest, Naomi Watts and Sean Penn, along with a very realistic script, contributes a great deal. The quality acting by many of the supporting cast, particularly David Andrews and Liraz Charhi, is also a big plus.FAIR GAME shows some easy to overlook parallels--as well as anti- parallels--between the administrations of George Bush and Saddam Hussein. After watching it the first time, it's worthwhile to go back and watch key portions (if not the entire film) with the very illuminating audio commentary of Plame and Wilson.Along with a gripping storyline, FAIR GAME has a great deal to offer about the very nature of truth vs. untruth, the need for transparency in government, and the ease at which government officials can often circumvent the law. The biggest downside is that FAIR GAME is bound to become dated over time and will probably be of little interest 10-20 years from now.