Matt Damon, Scott Bakula, Joel McHale
What was Mark Whitacre thinking? A rising star at agri-industry giant Archer Daniels Midland (ADM), Whitacre suddenly turns whistleblower. Even as he exposes his company’s multi-national price-fixin...( read more
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Steven Soderbergh's third effort to be released in the last 12 months (fourth if you count "Che" as two pictures) is "The Informant!", a comic corporate thriller about real-life whistle-blower Mark Whitacre. Whitacre, who suffered from bipolar disorder, became notorious as being ...( read more)
The trailer is misleading in portraying Damon's character as a bumbling informant who yearns to be a secret agent. The poster suggests Apatow's dopey, innocent 40 Year Old Virgin poster. But the fact that these things mislead fits the story. Damon is mesmerizing in this very d...( read more)
a very pleasant surprise. i liked this film a lot, and it wouldnt be a stretch to say that its probably the best of all of the soderbergh films ive seen. matt damon was great and the script was perfectly witty and clever. i find soderbergh to be an inconsistent director, but s...( read more)
Mark Whitacre; I haven't been telling you guys the whole truth, but I'm gonna clear that up in here today.
Matt Damon and director Steven Soderbergh team up without the rest of the Ocean's gang to make a corporate thriller. However, instead of treating it like Michael Mann's T...( read more)
Murf.
Damon was goofy and funny. The music was goofy and stupid.
Shooting on the red...led to some real lighting issues.
Also felt way out of the loop 1/2 of the movie because so much was happening behinds the scenes. I felt like 1/2 of the damn thing was exposition cuz Whita...( read more)
I really enjoyed this movie. I was one of the only ones in the theater laughing though realizing a lot of it was dark humor. The voice-overs in this movie kind of annoyed me. Very interesting character though.
The first half of the movie was boring, the second half was better. Matt Damon's acting was great and so was Scott Bakula's performance. It's a nice comedy/parody especially when you know that this movie is based on a true story. A pity that the 1st half of the movie was boring...
A straightforward, visually austere comedy with a great performance by Matt Damon who elevates the film beyond mere farce.
I was so disappointed in this movie! It was one of the dumbest movies I have ever seen... save your money on this one!
The movie is a totally-owned comic coup for Matt Damon, demonstrating here, in ways that aren't always obvious in his action films, what a gifted performer he is. full review
Few directors other than Martin Scorsese and Quentin Tarantino can make films with the same geek joy -- the same love of cinematic history -- as Steven Soderbergh. full review
A bait-and-switch film that promises caper comedy with silly hair and dated-fashion costumes, and ends up with something that's much weirder -- a marshmallow-light corporate satire. full review
Shooting fast and digital in just 30 days, Soderbergh invests the film with the breathless pace of a thriller and the gravity befitting a nation's soul sickness. Damon makes Whitacre recognizably human. full review
We realize, belatedly, that the entire spoofy venture wasn't that much of a joke to begin with; some very serious issues were gurgling under the surface. full review
The film's casting is spot on. Damon is delightful playing someone who is a terrible actor. Wearing a ghastly muffin-shaped hairdo, an ill-advised mustache and 30 extra pounds around his waist, he's h... full review
Despite an appealing central performance from Matt Damon, disguised in a mustache and complicated swoop of hair, The Informant! feels like a jumble of ideas rather than a concerted whole. full review
Soderbergh takes a deadly serious news story and amplifies and colors it to the point of outrageousness. The results aren't always consistent, but they are undeniably compelling. full review
As Soderbergh lovingly peels away veil after veil of deception, the film develops into an unexpected human comedy. Not that any of the characters are laughing. full review
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