The Informant!

The Informant!

Synopsis

A movie based on journalist Kurt Eichenwald’s 2000 novel, “The Informant” which is a political dark comedy film about the biggest conspiracies ever in America. The U.S. government decides to go after an agri-business giant with a price-fixing accusation, based on the evidence submitted by their star witness, vice president turned informant Mark Whitacre.

Official Site: theinformantmovie.warnerbros.com

Singapore Release Date: 19th November 2009, Thursday

Running Time: 108 minutes

Ratings: NC16

Genre: Comedy | Crime | Drama | Thriller

Cast: Matt Damon, Scott Bakula, Joel McHale, Melanie Lynskey

Crew: Director (Steven Soderbergh), Producer (Gregory Jacobs, Jennifer Fox, Michael Jaffe, Howard Braunstein, Kurt Eichenwald), Writers (Kurt Eichenwald), Screenplay (Scott Z. Burns), Music (Marvin Hamlisch), Cinematography (Steven Soderbergh) and Editing (Stephen Mirrione)

The Trailer

The Review

The Informant! movie is set in the 1990s and basically it’s about corporate greed.

The main character in focus is Mark Whitacre (Matt Damon), a bipolar executive biochemist at Archer Daniels Midland who sets out to expose the company ways of fixing prices to the FBI.

Matt Damon’s performance made Whitacre looks nutty, but excellent nonetheless. His wife Ginger (Melanie Lynskey) was convincing for me.

The movie pace however was slow. The establishment of relationship builds up very slowly, and at times you just wish they would get to the point.

The acting was good but it lack the humor, thrill and action.

Basically The Informant! has some plot twists but its no different than being labeled a boring drama with unfocused pace of narration.

The Good

• Subtle humor
• A clever movie based on a true story
• You’ll smirk at the 90′s costumes and hair styles

The Bad

• I get bored during few scenes
• Sometimes the narration seems forced
• The running commentary can be annoying a times

Editor’s Ratings