| Field | Details |
|---|---|
| Movie Name | THE INFORMANT! (2009) |
| Director | Steven Soderbergh |
| Writer | Scott Z. Burns, Kurt Eichenwald |
| Lead Actor | Matt Damon |
| Cast | Matt Damon, Tony Hale, Patton Oswalt |
| Genre | Biography, Comedy, Crime, Drama |
| Release Date | September 18, 2009 (United States) |
| Duration | 1h 48m |
| Budget | $22 million |
| Language | English |
| IMDB Rating | 6.5/10 |
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Positive Aspects of THE INFORMANT! (2009)
Mark Whitacre (Matt Damon) works for ADM, an agricultural company monolith that is in to price fixing. At the urging of his wife Ginger (Melanie Lynskey), Mark becomes whistleblower and tells the FBI all about ADM’s bad dealings. What appears to be a simple investigation for FBI Agent Sam Shephard (Scott Bakula) and his team becomes a muddled and almost farcical affair as they slowly discover that Mark is actually not telling them the whole truth and he is up to some bad dealings of his own.
The story of the movie is a good one and apparently based on a true story, and allows room for some wonderful performances, starting from the top with Matt Damon who gives a very three-dimensional, and at times farcical take on Mark Whitacre who you can never really figure out is he bi-polar, a compulsive liar, telling the truth, or some weird combination of all these things? Every time you think you have it figured out, the character and the film seem to give you a proverbial sarcastic wink, suggesting that maybe what you saw was true, but then, maybe it was not.
Matt Damon also gives some wonderful voiceover moments as Whitacre as we hear the inner ramblings in his head his thoughts on polar bears are highly amusing. In this respect, the film can be fun, particularly in the moments when Whitacre describes his embezzlements at the company and the dollar figure he quotes in each subsequent FBI interview keeps going up, and always in an underhanded way. The film plays out almost like a tragedy for the FBI who discover they are in way over their heads when their star witness turns out to be just as bad as the company they are investigating. “The Informant!” has lots of potential as a film.
Drawbacks of THE INFORMANT! (2009)
Unfortunately, there is nothing in this film to recommend it beyond a post-midnight slot on late night television. The film can be slow, unengaging and dull for most of its run time, and that is largely due to the fact that despite the cast’s best efforts, director Soderbergh does not create any narrative sequences that resonate either dramatically or comedically, given the situation presented. “The Informant!” does not make good cinematic viewing.
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