Laikals The greatest movie ever made..!

WillSushyMedia This movie was so-so. It had it's moments, but wasn't the greatest.

Mehdi Hoffman There's a more than satisfactory amount of boom-boom in the movie's trim running time.

Guillelmina The film's masterful storytelling did its job. The message was clear. No need to overdo.

lindsncal Chronologically, at the begging and end of this thread, you'll see the same 1 star post in 2010 and 2018 ...bashing Sean Penn and calling this movie 'political lies and half truths'...and actually blaming Clinton, using what he doesn't realize are lies, to do it. Nothing could be further from the truth. It's stuff like that, that gave us our problems today and why movies like this should be seen by everybody. I know a review that talks about another review is not what this is supposed to be about, but anything like that post which is full of the exact things he complains about, and may keep someone from watching an excellent movie that shows is just how corrupt an administration can be and the damage and deaths it causes, is a big deal to me. The movie shows exactly why this country lost the respect of the entire developed world because of our invasion of Iraq. Millions of people, our allies, protested it in the streets all over the world.If you followed this story closely at the time like I did, you'd know that this movie is exactly the truth .. and Penn, considered one of best actors today, couldn't have been better in it.If this was all lies, why did Scooter Libby go to prison, indicted on five felony counts for perjury, false statements and obstruction of justice?Even more ridiculous, the commentor says this is just propaganda to make Bush look like a war monger.....ignoring everything that came out later and all the proof that came out that showed us that the entire Iraq war was based on lies...from the Bush administration and the real fake news was on the you know what news station.

ghcheese I shouldn't have even started to watch this seeing Sean Penn was in it. The facts are wrong. Showing clips of speeches to make a point. Most of the data on the Iraq war was collected by Clinton administration. Yes including Kerry and Gore. Clinton just didn't act on it. Which he said literally the day before 9/11. It didn't have to happen. This movie makes the Bush administration look like war mongrels changing facts to justify the war they supposedly wanted.

jgstclair Naomi Watts is a powerhouse actor. She has yet to disappoint me in any film of hers. This is difficult subject matter because it's reality-based and deals with consequences that perhaps none of us on the outside of the Beltway would ever consider. Watch until the end -Sean Penn's character delivers one of the best speeches I've heard in probably 20 years. Does the movie reveal anything we didn't already know? Yes. As to exactly who it was that leaked Plame's identity/roll within the CIA is up for debate, but I think a strong case is made here. To answer the "why?" looks very much like what we'd expect from politicos inside the Beltway -subterfuge, obfuscation, vindictive. Penn & Watts are paired once again and don't disappoint -especially when you hear Penn's speech at the end. It will make you weep for what America lost during the GWB/Cheney years. Powerful!

rowmorg It's a great thriller, reality based, with fine performances from Penn and Watts, but the latest news now makes this picture seem dated and somewhat superficial. The State Dept translator turned whistle-blower, Sibel Edmonds, alleges that the Turkish ambassador (and corrupt official) Marc Grossman in 1997 revealed to the Turkish American Association that Valerie Plame's front company was CIA backed and to have nothing to do with it. In other words, he "outed" Plame and all the other agents who used that front. The company was immediately wound up. It has also been revealed that Grossman was a personal friend of Plame & Wilson, and that the pair met each other during a meeting of the suspicious Turkish American Association, which is a front for Turkish police and criminals to do deals with Americans. This really widens and deepens the Plame story, raising several urgent questions, and bringing into question the actions of the special prosecutor who found nobody guilty in the Plame outing. This film is therefore highly provocative, if for reasons it did not suspect. Needless to say, all Plame's subsequent efforts to get justice have been turned down flat by both the Bush and Obama justice departments. She now is writing a series of "thrillers", the first emerging last week, entitled Blowback.