Fair Game

“Fair Game” is the story of the outing of CIA operative Valerie Plame Wilson as punishment imposed upon her by the Bush administration because her husband, Ambassador Joe Wilson, dared to refute and reject the government’s claims and contentions that Saddam Hussein was building weapons of mass destruction. The film stars Naomi Watts and Sean Penn as the Wilsons in this story of action and betrayal with a bit of the matrimonial problems experienced by the subject couple thrown in as well.. A slow moving film telling the same facts over and over again, I give this movie 2 and ½ stars. What is most important about the film is the message it sends to all of us that “tugging at Superman’s cape” (in this case the federal government) isn’t such a good idea. I’m sure Messrs. Rove, Libbey and Bush wouldn’t rate this movie at all….as for me, I give it 2 and ½ stars since it is, if nothing else, a great lesson in current history.