Scott Z Burns’s script hinges entirely on incidents that take place off-screen. The film will only work if audiences fail to notice this. But they won’t, so it won’t.
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11/20/09
The Informant! (2009)
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Reviews Counted:179
Fresh:137
Rotten:42
Average Rating:6.8/10
Consensus: A charismatic turn by star Matt Damon and a consistently ironic tone boost this quietly funny satire about a corporate whistle-blower.
Rated: 15 [See Full Rating]
Genre: Comedies
Theatrical Release:20-11-2009
Synopsis: What was Mark Whitacre thinking? A rising star at agri-industry giant Archer Daniels Midland (ADM), Whitacre (Matt Damon) suddenly turns whistleblower. Even as he exposes his company's... [More]
Starring: Matt Damon, Scott Bakula, Joel McHale, Melanie Lynskey
Director: Steven Soderbergh
Reviews for The Informant!
The problem with The Informant!, aside from that overcoaxing exclamation mark, is that it's not especially funny.
11/20/09
An amusing and beautifully acted little caper but the very American shenanigans may well struggle to keep you entirely engaged.
11/20/09
Hugely enjoyable, frequently hilarious and superbly directed.
11/20/09
An engaging corporate comedy-drama that continually catches us (and the characters) off guard. It's great fun to watch, and has a strongly resonant kick.
11/20/09
After 1½ hours of ker-azee chuckles, you get one big clunker of a climax tossed in your lap.
11/20/09
While there are difficulties with the tone and the almost smug, clever-clever attitude of The Informant, the unusual nature of the story and, above all else, the performance of Damon make it worth catching.
11/20/09
This is Soderbergh having fun with his craft again – and inviting us to join in the laughs.
11/20/09
It isn't until the third act that we really get to grips with the whole scenario enough to ride it like a theme park adventure
11/28/09
The adaptation of Kurt Eichenwald's book is as smooth as silk in Steven Soderbergh's hands while Matt Damon is a revelation as the self-professed 'good guy' who spills the beans
11/28/09
It's the kind of movie that stymies my proper critical eye (and ability to write) due to being so jumbled and ambitious, much like its hero.
11/19/09
The exclamation point in the title combined with the burnt orange color scheme and silly haircuts and facial hair tells you all you need to know about Soderbergh's approach.
11/09/09
Creo que en manos de unos cineastas como los hermanos Coen, por ejemplo, el resultado sería infinitamente más divertido.
11/08/09
Confronts us with the inveterate human capacity for self-justification we are all prone to casting ourselves as the hero of our own drama and the victim of our own tragedy.
11/06/09
Soderbergh pokes fun at the self-importance of corporate thrillers.
11/04/09
Soderbergh knocks one out again. Jazzy, subtle and fearlessly funny, it's a towering film packed with tall tales that isn't entirely capricious. Matt Damon is wonderfully schlubby in this corporate spin on "The Secret Life of Walter Mitty."
10/26/09
A movie finding "edgy" comedy about a man suffering from bipolar disorder? What's next? A dark comedy about cancer of the pancreas?
10/17/09
Soderbergh cria, aqui, algo que poderíamos encarar como uma versão de O Informante caso esta fosse dirigida por Blake Edwards e trouxesse Peter Sellers no papel interpretado por Russell Crowe.
10/16/09
Matt Damon is delightfully goofy as an agri-business whistleblower, but the mostly true story lacks the drama or wit to keep us more than just amuse.
10/11/09
tweaks the story just into the realm of dark humor, but without ever losing the sense that it is fundamentally a tragedy
10/10/09
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