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The Informant!
After the US government discovered the misfortunes of the agribusiness giant and price manipulation issues, it decided to arrest him. Based on the evidence provided by detective Mark Whitaker, the government is moving to arrest the man as the series offers a real look at the most infamous individuals in US history.
30 January 1956, Holyoke, Massachusetts, USA
31 May 1974, Czechoslovakia [now Czech Republic]
3 December 1965, Englewood, New Jersey, USA
29 July 1966, Los Angeles, California, USA
September 19, 2009
Mark's collection of bizarre behaviors doesn't add up to a character.
May 06, 2011
In the end, it seems as though it's better to aim for searing moments and whiff on greatness than to shoot for the middle and hit it.
June 01, 2015
As the story becomes more about the various undercover ops and the contradictory workings of Whitacre's hateful-lovable mind, The Informant! has an undeniable crackle.
October 02, 2009
Damon is an agile comic performer, and Soderbergh knows how to serve him up without losing sight of the ultimate seriousness behind it all.
September 24, 2014
After a parodic run-up, the film betrays a certain respect for this odd little creation.
September 19, 2009
Soderbergh has transformed this into a treatise on the incompetence of everyone involved: the informant, the corporation upon which he informs, the lawyers, and the FBI. Strangely enough, it's completely believable.
September 29, 2011
Drills away into the dark humor of a white-collar tattletale, his ever-widening web of deceit and a scrambled criminal mind with a couple of screws loose.
September 19, 2009
Soderbergh is a good listener, too, always alert to the myriad ways his characters reveal, conceal and finally betray themselves in thought, word and deed.
April 04, 2011
More funny-weird than funny-ha-ha. But still funny.
June 01, 2015
The Informant! is an inspired social satire, a near-perfect single-carat diamond in an age of mindless movie bling. It's a small movie, but not in any sense minor.
November 20, 2009
It may come across like a self-satisfied madcap bauble, but that titular exclamation mark is the key that unlocks the myriad subtextual delights of Soderbergh's timely latest.
