Writer-director Rod Lurie blurs right and wrong, creating characters who are realistically flawed, and some downright self-serving and evil. This movie focuses on the plight of the journalist who wrote one of the news stories at the time.

Fair Game, a 2010 movie, focused on Plame and her husband. Administration officials retaliated by illegally outing Plame to a journalist, thereby forcing her resignation. ambassador, was an outspoken critic of the Bush administration's claims that Iraq had obtained materials to make 'weapons of mass destruction,' a lie used to justify bringing down the Iraqi regime. Nothing But the Truth is an absorbing fictionalization of the true story of the outing of a covert CIA operative named Valerie Plame. Adults smoke cigarettes and drink alcohol. A man cheats on his wife while she's in jail. Language includes 'f-k,' 's-t,' 'c-t,' 'p-y.' 'hell,' 'pr-k,' and 'bitch.' From the back, a fully-clothed couple is seen from the shoulders up, briefly having sex. A jail inmate brutally beats another inmate. Students of current events won't fail to note the movie's message about the importance of freedom of the press in covering government wrongdoing.

The movie focuses on a reporter who wrote the story and her stand against the government's efforts to make her reveal who told her. Vice President's office to retaliate against her husband's public stand against the war launched by President George W. Parents need to know that Nothing But the Truth is a fictionalized retelling of the 2003 outing of covert CIA agent Valerie Plame by a U.S. Adults smoke cigarettes and drink alcohol.ĭid you know you can flag iffy content? Adjust limits for Drinking, Drugs & Smoking in your kid's entertainment guide.

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