FILM CHOICE

Film4, 1.40am

VALERIE Plame (Naomi Watts), whose CIA status is unknown to almost her entire circle of family and friends, is unexpectedly caught in the crossfire when her husband Joe (Sean Penn) writes a scathing opinion piece for The New York Times about the government’s claims that

Iraq has weapons of mass destruction. A subsequent article in The Washington Post exposes Valerie and she is shunned by her colleagues, including Jack McAllister (Michael Kelly), who need to protect their own identities. Fair Game is a gripping snapshot of the events leading up to the war in Iraq and the subsequent fallout for Valerie, Joe and their family, deftly handed by director Doug Liman.