Reception
Based on 178 reviews collected by Rotten Tomatoes, State Of Play currently has an 84% "fresh" rating from critics, with an average score of 6.9/10. Metacritic, another review aggregator, assigned the film a weighted average score of 64 out of 100 based on 36 reviews from mainstream critics. Philip Kemp from Total Film called it "a twisty substantial thriller" and said "It’s not as exceptional as its source but the changes implemented mostly enhance rather than harm the story." Roger Ebert of the Chicago Sun Times described the film as "a smart ingenious thriller", and he went on to say, "There are many other surprises in the film, which genuinely fooled me a couple of times, and maintains a certain degree of credibility for a thriller".
As of April 1, 2011 the film has grossed a total of $91,445,389.
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