Amber Heard, Austin Nichols, Billy Bob Thornton
Focusing on the Los Angeles of the early 1980s, "The Informers" balances a vast array of characters that represent both the top of the heap (a Hollywood dream merchant, a dissolute rock star, an aging...( read more
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DVD Release Date: August 25, 2009
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Flixster Reviews (723)
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November 9, 2009I'm not going to bullshit you- I slept through half of this. Thank god, did I sleep through half of this.
This is usually the part where I give the plot synopsis. Right here in paragraph number two. But I'm not because I slept through half of this. And it was a good sleep becau...( read more) -
November 5, 2009You know what is even worse then "The Hills" is a film that for some strange reason believes that when it becomes as shallow, vain and self-righteous its deep and insightful art. This is the type of film experience "The Informers" is
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September 18, 2009The potential was all there, but it just didn't make it. One thing I would say it lacks is quality on behalf of how the film moved and the general dynamic of the characters. For someone as glitzy as Bret Easton Ellis, the characters shone no real vibrancy that I knew of. I was i...( read more)
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September 8, 2009Very odd movie. I didn't really like it much. Really good cast, but it just seemed thrown together.
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November 22, 2009A very well made, amazingly acted drama about a bunch of vapid, shallow, selfish people, save for two people: Brad Renfro's character and Winona Ryder's. There is nudity within every 5 minutes, until about the last third, and it's hard to relate to most of them, but man, it's ski...( read more)
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November 17, 2009Not exactly the best transition from book-movie, but it really kept the theme and overall tone of the story. Lou Talyor Pucci was exactly the way I saw Tim and his whole segment was the strongest and most faithful to the novel. Jon Foster was also a really great choice for Graham...( read more)
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November 2, 2009Wow was this movie bad. I could spend the rest of my day telling you how bad it was, but that would be spending more time than the movie itself deserves. I'm going to pretend this one doesn't even exist.
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October 29, 2009Way too many stories and it was hard to figure out who was doing what with who and when!!
Critic Reviews
July 17, 2009
Nigel Andrews, The Financial Times
April 24, 2009
Pete Hammond, Hollywood.com
There seems to be no point to this derivative Bret Easton Ellis retro-wallow. It's all sex, drugs, rock 'n roll and boredom - with the emphasis on boredom. full review
April 24, 2009
A.O. Scott, The New York Times
The performances run the gamut from twitchy to catatonic, and the stoned stiffness of the actors seems to have less to do with the affectlessness of the characters than with their own confusion. full review
April 24, 2009
Mick LaSalle, San Francisco Chronicle
Has an air of detachment and sadness, enhanced by the movie's being set a full quarter century ago. Like new cars in an old movie, these people may glow with youth, but we watch them in full awareness... full review
April 24, 2009
Kurt Loder, MTV
The movie has more dead scenes than a Monday night in Magnitogorsk. full review
April 23, 2009
Peter Travers, Rolling Stone
Do some blow. Curse humanity. Convert to nilhilism. Reread American Psycho. But don't for the love of God and cinema see The Informers. full review
April 23, 2009
Colin Covert, The Minneapolis Star Tribune
TMZ with phony gravitas. Ellis' stories had more oomph before drug-crazed screwups like Britney Spears, Lindsay Lohan and Amy Winehouse became the center of the Internet news cycle. full review
April 23, 2009
Moira MacDonald, Seattle Times
Ellis' book, though a grim read, had a satirical edge to it that made it darkly enjoyable; the movie is simply dark and dull. And vampireless, more's the pity. full review
April 23, 2009
Ty Burr, Boston Globe
The piece had better have something fresh to say. The Informers doesn't, nor does it seem to want to. full review
April 23, 2009
Claudia Puig, USA Today
The dialogue is laughable. Lines are spoken so languidly that the actors seem bored. Shattering revelations are delivered in the same monotone as casual patter. full review
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