Fresh
In the end, it seems as though it's better to aim for searing moments and whiff on greatness than to shoot for the middle and hit it.
Laremy Legel, Film.com
The Informant!
Based on a tattle-tale
2009 · 1h 48m · R
Comedy, Crime, Drama
Directed by
Steven Soderbergh
Overview
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.
Director and cast
- Steven Soderbergh Director
- Matt Damon as Mark Whitacre
- Melanie Lynskey as Ginger Whitacre
- Lucas McHugh Carroll as Alexander Whitacre
- Scott Bakula as Brian Shepard
- Patton Oswalt as Ed Herbst
- Rusty Schwimmer as Liz Taylor
- Joel McHale as Robert Herndon
- Craig Ricci Shaynak as Discouraged Foreman
- Ann Dowd as Kate Medford
- Tom Papa as Mick Andreas
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
79%
Tomatometer
Fresh
It may come across like a self-satisfied madcap bauble, but that titular exclamation mark is the key that unlocks the myriad subtextual delights of Soderbergh's timely latest.
David Jenkins, Time Out
Fresh
Damon is an agile comic performer, and Soderbergh knows how to serve him up without losing sight of the ultimate seriousness behind it all.
Peter Rainer, Christian Science Monitor
Fresh
Soderbergh is a good listener, too, always alert to the myriad ways his characters reveal, conceal and finally betray themselves in thought, word and deed.
Ann Hornaday, Washington Post
Rotten
Mark's collection of bizarre behaviors doesn't add up to a character.
Dana Stevens, Slate
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