By Bob Bloom “Official Secrets” is a political-whistleblower drama that details the depths to which a government will sink not to protect its national security but prevent embarrassing itself and keep its citizens in the dark about its actions. Some of the movie — which is set in motion by a leaked memo in which the United States asked the British government to help collect compromising information on United Nations Security Council members so they could be blackmailed into voting for an invasion of Iraq — may remind you of 2010’s “Fair Game.”
ReelBob: ‘Official Secrets’ ★★★★½
ReelBob: ‘Official Secrets’ ★★★★½
ReelBob: ‘Official Secrets’ ★★★★½
By Bob Bloom “Official Secrets” is a political-whistleblower drama that details the depths to which a government will sink not to protect its national security but prevent embarrassing itself and keep its citizens in the dark about its actions. Some of the movie — which is set in motion by a leaked memo in which the United States asked the British government to help collect compromising information on United Nations Security Council members so they could be blackmailed into voting for an invasion of Iraq — may remind you of 2010’s “Fair Game.”