A secret service intelligence analyst finds himself privy to information that could potentially bring down the government. At the same time he has to decide whether to trust a new neighbour who has politically troublesome secrets of her own.
Page Eight is a film strong in acting personnel but lacking in mystery or suspense. While the cast is very good, with Bill Nighly putting in a very good lead performance, the narrative isn't in truth terribly interesting. You always feel that the movie is going to kick into a higher gear with some compelling intrigue or some suspense but really the pace remains steady and the thrills are of the very understated variety. It's not exactly a bad thing for a political thriller to remain within the bounds of possibility of course and to not resort to pointless action scenes; so in this respect Page Eight deserves some respect for trying to keep things more believable. It's just that the plot line is basically weak. While the older guy getting off with the much younger woman thing is a little tired, and in the case of this movie this plot element could very easily have been removed entirely with no damage to the film overall.
Page Eight is a solid film for sure but it just seems too much like a TV production. Despite the great cast it's story is simply too ordinary, it could have done with a little more va va voom.
Page Eight is a film strong in acting personnel but lacking in mystery or suspense. While the cast is very good, with Bill Nighly putting in a very good lead performance, the narrative isn't in truth terribly interesting. You always feel that the movie is going to kick into a higher gear with some compelling intrigue or some suspense but really the pace remains steady and the thrills are of the very understated variety. It's not exactly a bad thing for a political thriller to remain within the bounds of possibility of course and to not resort to pointless action scenes; so in this respect Page Eight deserves some respect for trying to keep things more believable. It's just that the plot line is basically weak. While the older guy getting off with the much younger woman thing is a little tired, and in the case of this movie this plot element could very easily have been removed entirely with no damage to the film overall.
Page Eight is a solid film for sure but it just seems too much like a TV production. Despite the great cast it's story is simply too ordinary, it could have done with a little more va va voom.