The Informant!
Overview
OCEAN'S 11's Steven Soderbergh and Matt Damon reunite for this comedy based on a true story. In THE INFORMANT, a high-ranking executive at Archer Daniels Midland joins forces with the FBI to bring down both his company and the entire food industry.
Awards:
Main Cast & Crew:
Steven Soderbergh - Director
Matt Damon
Scott Bakula
Joel McHale
Melanie Lynskey
Thomas F. Wilson
Rick Overton
Ludger Pistor
Steve Seagren
Candy Clark
Edward Jemison
Details
- Format: DVD (Widescreen)
- Run Time: 108
- Color Format: Color
- UPC: 883929022342
- Genre: COMEDIES
- Rating: R (MPAA)
- Release Date: February 2010
Movie Reviews
Reviews:
"[This] wild ride of a movie takes surreal comic aim at the debased values of our society. The laughs sting like hell." - 09/17/2009 Rolling Stone
"The goofy tone and a cast sprinkled with comedy ringers hint that the film is headed down the rabbit hole well before Soderbergh stops playing it straight." -- Grade: A- - 09/17/2009 A.V. Club
4 stars out of 4 -- "THE INFORMANT! is fascinating in the way it reveals two levels of events, not always visible to each other or to the audience..." - 09/17/2009 Chicago Sun-Times
3 stars out of 5 -- "Set in the early '90s, Soderbergh suffuses it all with a Marvin Hamlisch score, which lends a certain nostalgic feel....[Damon] carries the film with considerable aplomb..." - 09/11/2009 Box Office
3 stars out of 4 -- "Damon is superb as a demonically smart guy who comes across as rather dim....Undeniably compelling." - 09/17/2009 USA Today
"[A] smart, cynical movie....Anger fuels THE INFORMANT!, giving it its pulse and reason for being." - 09/18/2009 New York Times
3.5 stars out of 4 -- “There is devilish fun in this look into 1990s white-collar crime....This is Damon like you’ve never seen him, and he goes for broke.” - 10/01/2009 Rolling Stone
“[A] groovy-looking, chuckle-baiting, fact-based movie from protean director Stephen Soderberg....Scott Bakula makes an appealing FBI agent.” - 09/25/2009 Entertainment Weekly
“The eccentricity, experimentation and sheer chops that have come to define Soderbergh’s best work all come to bear on THE INFORMANT!, a smart, funny, off-handedly efficient corporate espionage thriller.” - 09/18/2009 Washington Post
3 stars out of 5 -- "Steven Soderbergh's in his super-slick mode here....[Damon delivers] one of the year's stand-out performances." - 11/30/2009 Uncut
3.5 stars out of 4 -- "Director Steven Soderbergh crafts a complex, clever, and hilarious movie out of annual report source material." - 02/24/2010 Premiere
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