Matt Damon,
Scott Bakula,
Joel McHale,
Melanie Lynskey,
Rick Overton
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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-fixing ...( read more
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DVD Release Date: February 23, 2010
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January 26, 2010Decent enough comedy/drama but is not going to be a life changing experience. Damon does a decent job in the lead role but to be honest, I never warmed to the character and didn't care a whole lot what happened to him.
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November 23, 2009The informant is that kind of movie that at the end of the movie you go out thinking and wondering what you saw. But after certain time you realize that you saw and intelligent , very sarcastic and incredible movie. It is a film about ising corporate star, Mark Whitacre, who turn...( read more)
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October 28, 2009Steven 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)
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September 28, 2009The 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)
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September 27, 2009a 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)
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February 8, 2010As Whitacre, Matt Damon is pudgy, sports an undernoirished moustache and wears a wig that looks like the belly fur of a wallaby. But he's convincing, touching and at times bewildering as Whitacre.
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February 4, 2010I movie with more twists than you would expect and a performance by Matt Damon that has to be seen. This is a movie that will surpass your expectations.
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February 3, 2010Good performance from Matt Damon as the central character and generally acceptable performances from the rest of the cast, Tony Hale being a stand out in his small role, but the slow pacing and disjointed telling of the story completely ruins the film.
Critic Reviews
September 23, 2009
Armond White, The New York Press
September 18, 2009
Amy Biancolli, Houston Chronicle
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
September 18, 2009
Liam Lacey, Globe and Mail
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
September 18, 2009
Peter Travers, Rolling Stone
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
September 18, 2009
Amy Biancolli, San Francisco Chronicle
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
September 17, 2009
Colin Covert, The Minneapolis Star Tribune
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
September 17, 2009
Claudia Puig, USA Today
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
September 17, 2009
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times
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
September 15, 2009
A.O. Scott, At the Movies
It's very offbeat and it's very odd and it kind of gets inside this Midwestern corporate atmosphere in a very interesting way. full review
September 14, 2009
David Edelstein, New York Magazine
The Informant! does raise a fascinating question: How can humans so compartmentalize their psyches? But Whitacre has no stature -- he's just a nut. full review
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