Some part of the story of the unmasking of American spy Robert Hanssen. Cooper found a strange way to play this character...not a little creepy, slouched, wearing red lipstick. This actor's amassed a fine resume but this one didn't work for me at all. As played, there was obviously something wrong with this guy and to my mind he would have been immediately suspect if there was any breach of security anywhere near him.
I also had trouble accepting Ms Linney as a hard-assed FBI veteran. She, too has a raft of excellent performances behind her (You Can Count on Me, Truman Show, Jindabyne) but I just wasn't able to believe her here. She's too rounded as a woman to be credible as a single-minded, focused Special Agent.
There wasn't anything bad here...it was just a routine hollywoodish take on a contemporary news story.
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