The Informant!

2009 "Based on a tattle-tale"
6.5| 1h48m| R| en| More Info
Released: 18 September 2009 Released
Producted By: Section Eight
Country: United States of America
Budget: 0
Revenue: 0
Official Website: http://theinformantmovie.warnerbros.com/
Synopsis

A rising star at agri-industry giant Archer Daniels Midland (ADM), Mark Whitacre suddenly turns whistleblower. Even as he exposes his company’s multi-national price-fixing conspiracy to the FBI, Whitacre envisions himself being hailed as a hero of the common man and handed a promotion.

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SpunkySelfTwitter It’s an especially fun movie from a director and cast who are clearly having a good time allowing themselves to let loose.
Megamind To all those who have watched it: I hope you enjoyed it as much as I do.
Kinley This movie feels like it was made purely to piss off people who want good shows
Scarlet The film never slows down or bores, plunging from one harrowing sequence to the next.
cricketbat Maybe The Informant! just went over my head, but I didn't enjoy it. It was too serious to be funny and too goofy to be taken seriously. I wasn't bored, but I wasn't that entertained, either.
jaystradamus78 It was a interesting movie that's great for cable! I didn't think I would like it when it first came on after a movie I watched on purpose but I ended up being hooked in because the life of this snitch and the lies he told and the holes he dug himself was quite interesting! It's worth a watch once with emphasis on once!
FilmBuff1994 The Informant is a good movie with a reasonable plot and a terrific comedic cast. The actors are really what makes this movie, it is star studded, filled with many great, hilarious comedians who add a lot of great ad libbed dialogue. However, even with all the comedy actors, Matt Damon still steals the show. He plays a character unlike anyone he's done before with Mark Whitacre, a clumsy FBI informant, a far shot away from the likes of Jason Bourne or Will Hunting. I found the plot to be lackluster, it never really reeled me in, jumping from one character and plot point to another, but without ever taking the time to truly intrigue its audience. It also drags quite a bit, going on for about twenty minutes longer than it should have. I felt Whitacre could have been more layered, considering the fact that we are following him for almost two hours. The dialogue and humour of the character is very one note, at times feeling like less of a joke for how out of place he is in the story, and more like poor writing. Seeing Damon in such a polar opposite role from what we are used to is good fun, even if the movie was not as entertaining as it could have been. Funny and with a top notch cast, The Informant certainly overstays its welcome but it is worth the watch if you are looking for an enjoyable, easy to watch comedy, just do not go out of your way to see it. The US government begin searching for a businessman after receiving what may be classified information from an informant. Best Performance: Matt Damon
juneebuggy This was not good. Described as a "quirky comedy-crime film" I was bored throughout following a puffed up Matt Damon in the role of informant for the FBI, who after discovering that his company is involved in price fixing (and convinced he'll be a hero) wears a wire to gather the evidence needed to convict his bosses. This is based on a true story and the case becomes threatened when it turns out that Mark Whitacre is also a compulsive liar and embezzler.I'm not even sure how to review this, the story was convoluted, random, long winded, and had a Farrelly brothers vibe to it, (but not in a good way) including a distracting (terrible) soundtrack. I will say that Matt Damon did a good job here though. He is a chunky monkey, wearing bad clothes and sporting a terrible 80's moustache, who as a character is all over the place; paranoid, angry, accusing, nerdy, comical, intense and a big fat liar.I think my favorite part of this (long) movie was the ongoing voice-over where we get to hear the random internal dialogue going through Mark's head, and wow does he have some obscure thoughts, often hilarious.1/26/15