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)
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This movie was not the laugh-out-loud comedy that the trailer depicted. Its humor is more subtle. There are some good laughs to be had and watching Matt Damon in a somewhat goofy role is a real treat. Damon is supported on all sides by a wonderfully ensemb...( read more)
If this was (only) fictional I would find the guys who wrote it genious ...knowing that this was "based on a true story" I must say don't buy any thing from Cypress Systems ;) and go see it!
Really good movie, well acted (obviously Matt Damon is in it) and good plot. I adored the dialogue with the voice over!
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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