2010 · drama · thriller · spy
Fair Game
Directed by Doug Liman1h 48m2010
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.
Our read: Fair Game (2010) reads as a sombre, steady, grounded drama · thriller · spy entry — measured in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, tender in temperature, ambivalent in outlook.
Sombre, steady, measured drama / thriller, grounded in texture. Ambivalent, mid-stakes, tender.
- sombre
- intense
- tender
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