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The Informers

Greed is good. Sex is easy. Youth is forever.

2008 · 1h 38m · R Crime, Drama, Thriller
Directed by Gregor Jordan

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Overview

A collection of intersecting short stories set in early 1980s Los Angeles, depicts a week in the lives of an assortment of socially alienated, mainly well-off characters who numb their sense of emptiness with casual sex, violence, and drugs.

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All reviews
12%
Tomatometer
Fresh

Rating less than zero on the sophistication scale, The Informers is thus a totally faithful adaptation of Bret Easton Ellis' novel--and an accurate look at early '80s-era Los Angeles.

Rob Nelson, Variety
Fresh

We may not care about these cokeheads, but only rarely does Jordan fall into knee-jerk retribution.

Joshua Rothkopf, Time Out
Rotten

This just felt like a bunch of people in 1980s L.A. with blonde streaks in their hair listening to Wang Chung.

Ben Mankiewicz, At the Movies
Rotten

Gorgeous people and some well written dialogue aren't enough to make this a movie you should see.

Ben Lyons, At the Movies
Rotten

It's by far the most slack, ho-hum movie ever made from Ellis' material.

Owen Gleiberman, Entertainment Weekly

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