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  • 2009
  • R
  • Warner Bros.
  • 1 h 48 m
  • 2009
  • R
  • Warner Bros.
  • 1 h 48 m

Summary What was Mark Whitacre thinking? A rising star at agri-industry giant Archer Daniels Midland (ADM), 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. But before all that can ...

Directed By: Steven Soderbergh

Written By: Scott Z. Burns, Kurt Eichenwald

  • 2009
  • R
  • Warner Bros.
  • 1 h 48 m
  • 2009
  • R
  • Warner Bros.
  • 1 h 48 m

The Informant!

Metascore Generally Favorable Based on 37 Critic Reviews
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Summary What was Mark Whitacre thinking? A rising star at agri-industry giant Archer Daniels Midland (ADM), 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. But before all that can ...

Directed By: Steven Soderbergh

Written By: Scott Z. Burns, Kurt Eichenwald

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Metascore
Generally Favorable Based on 37 Critic Reviews
66
68% Positive
25 Reviews
32% Mixed
12 Reviews
0% Negative
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Generally Favorable Based on 37 Critic Reviews
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68% Positive
25 Reviews
32% Mixed
12 Reviews
0% Negative
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100
As Soderbergh lovingly peels away veil after veil of deception, the film develops into an unexpected human comedy. Not that any of the characters are laughing.
By Roger Ebert FULL REVIEW
88
More than any previous screen role, this one affords Damon a chance to work his sly comic chops.
By Michael Phillips FULL REVIEW
75
Matt Damon's old-fashioned, brilliantly calibrated character turn as a corporate schnook-turned-whistle-blower; and Marvin Hamlisch's retro-groovy score. For the movie's first hour or so, the pair of them together make for four-star entertainment. The last half hour, not so much.
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75
A comic tour de force from Damon, who gained 30lbs and sports an unflattering moustache as the dishonest and delusional Whitacre. But it’s a performance that never loses sight of the man behind the lies.
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63
The movie’s fun to watch, but you can tell it was a lot more fun to make, and that’s a problem. The party stays up on the screen; down here, it’s been over for a year.
By Ty Burr FULL REVIEW
50
The truth, however, is that for much of Soderbergh's film, it's all as yawn-inducing as its premise.
By Mike Scott FULL REVIEW
40
This is yet another of Soderbergh’s “exercises in style,” which means he has one big idea and sticks to it. He makes the space shallow and ugly (faces are bathed in orange) and adds groovy sixties titles and Marvin Hamlisch music.
By David Edelstein FULL REVIEW
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Production Company Warner Bros., Participant, Groundswell Productions, Section Eight, Jaffe / Braunstein Enterprise
Release Date Sep 18, 2009
Duration 1 h 48 m
Rating R
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Tagline Based on a tattle-tale
Website http://theinformantmovie.warnerbros.com/
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Awards

Golden Globes, USA
• 2 Nominations
Chicago Film Critics Association Awards
• 3 Nominations
Satellite Awards
• 3 Nominations

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