The Informant!

2009

108 mins

Directed by Steven Soderbergh
80%
44%
Comedy
Thriller

A true story becomes a comedy-thriller in the hands of director Steven Soderbergh. Matt Damon plays Mark Whitacre, an Ivy... More

A true story becomes a comedy-thriller in the hands of director Steven Soderbergh. Matt Damon plays Mark Whitacre, an Ivy League Ph.D. who was an executive at agri-business giant Archer Daniels Midland (ADM) in Illinois in the early 1990s.

Whitacre agreed to go undercover to help the FBI confirm price-fixing accusations but eventually cracked from the pressure. After working undercover for years, he became extremely manic, stopped sleeping during most nights, and was seen using a gas leaf blower on his driveway during a thunderstorm at three o'clock in the morning.

New Zealander Melanie Lynskey plays Whitacre's wife.

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The Informant! | Ratings & Reviews

80_%228 reviews
Rotten Tomatoes® rating
44_%359,348 reviews
Audience score rating

"Amusingly eccentric rather than outright funny."

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Variety

"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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San Francisco Chronicle

"There is devilish fun in this look into 1990s white-collar crime. But the jokes are the kind you choke on."

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Rolling Stone

"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."

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Roger Ebert

"Good, lighthearted fun with a great performance by Matt Damon."

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New Zealand Herald

"The whole film, a comedy about crime and mental illness, seems at war with itself."

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Hollywood Reporter

"It sets out to be less pompous than similar films, which inevitably means it feels less substantial. While amusing rather than hilarious, it ought to establish Matt Damon as a star character actor."

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