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Sep 16, 2009 · If only it were that simple, “The Informant!” might have been a corporate thriller like Michael Mann’s “The Insider” (1999), with Russell Crowe as a whistle blower in the tobacco industry. But during the investigation, Whitacre reveals himself as a man of bewildering contradictions.
Review: The Informant! Whistleblower Mark Whitacre (Matt Damon) would not be out of place in a Coen Brothers caper—a bumbling manic-American with an eye on the prize and a silly mustache—but instead he’s the perplexing subject of Steven Soderbergh’s strange new film.
In Steven Soderbergh's The Informant!, Damon plays--and plays very, very well--a character in every way the opposite of his efficient, amnesiac superspy: a babbling bumbler who goes undercover...
Sep 18, 2009 · The Informant! is a thought-provoking dark comedy that imparts, between smirks and f-words, a handful of lessons. In Mark Whitacre, we have a character who breaks all the rules we’ve known since kindergarten. He gets away with things for a while, it seems. But eventually Whitacre pays a steep price.
- Steven Soderbergh
Sep 17, 2009 · Sept. 17, 2009. If you want to know why Steven Soderbergh tapped Marvin Hamlisch to write the zany score for “The Informant!,” a deadly serious comedy about corporate malfeasance, consider the...
- Steven Soderbergh
Released on September 18, 2009, The Informant! received generally positive reviews from critics, with praise for Matt Damon's performance, although the film's comedic yet ironic tone received mixed reviews.
Sep 18, 2009 · Director Stephen Soderbergh's latest film, "The Informant!", is built entirely out of lies but not in a surreal/everything's subjective-kind of way.
