Description
OCEAN'S 11's Steven Soderbergh and Matt Damon reunite for this comedy based on a true story. In THE INFORMANT, a high-ranking executive at Archer Daniels Midland joins forces with the FBI to bring down both his company and the entire food industry.
Rolling Stone:
09/17/2009
"[This] wild ride of a movie takes surreal comic aim at the debased values of our society. The laughs sting like hell."A.V. Club:
09/17/2009
"The goofy tone and a cast sprinkled with comedy ringers hint that the film is headed down the rabbit hole well before Soderbergh stops playing it straight." — Grade: A-Chicago Sun-Times:
09/17/2009
4 stars out of 4 — "THE INFORMANT! is fascinating in the way it reveals two levels of events, not always visible to each other or to the audience..."Box Office:
09/11/2009
3 stars out of 5 — "Set in the early '90s, Soderbergh suffuses it all with a Marvin Hamlisch score, which lends a certain nostalgic feel....[Damon] carries the film with considerable aplomb..."USA Today:
09/17/2009
3 stars out of 4 — "Damon is superb as a demonically smart guy who comes across as rather dim....Undeniably compelling."New York Times:
09/18/2009
"[A] smart, cynical movie....Anger fuels THE INFORMANT!, giving it its pulse and reason for being."Rolling Stone:
10/01/2009
3.5 stars out of 4 — There is devilish fun in this look into 1990s white-collar crime....This is Damon like youve never seen him, and he goes for broke.Entertainment Weekly:
09/25/2009
[A] groovy-looking, chuckle-baiting, fact-based movie from protean director Stephen Soderberg....Scott Bakula makes an appealing FBI agent.Washington Post:
09/18/2009
The eccentricity, experimentation and sheer chops that have come to define Soderberghs best work all come to bear on THE INFORMANT!, a smart, funny, off-handedly efficient corporate espionage thriller.Uncut:
11/30/2009
3 stars out of 5 — "Steven Soderbergh's in his super-slick mode here....[Damon delivers] one of the year's stand-out performances."Premiere:
02/24/2010
3.5 stars out of 4 — "Director Steven Soderbergh crafts a complex, clever, and hilarious movie out of annual report source material."
CAST
| Matt Damon | American actor, screenwriter, GOOD WILL HUNTING (1997) |
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| Tony Hale | American actor |
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| Thomas F. Wilson | American Actor |
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| Rick Overton | Comedian |
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| Tom Papa | |
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| Adam Paul | |
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| Paul F. Tompkins | Writer, MR. SHOW |
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| Clancy Brown | American Character Actor |
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| Patton Oswalt | American actor, KING OF QUEENS |
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| Melanie Lynskey | Actress, HEAVENLY CREATURES, TWO AND A HALF MEN |
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| Joel McHale | Actor/comedian |
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| Scott Bakula | American TV/Film Actor |
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CREW
| Director | Steven Soderbergh (Director/Screenwriter, TRAFFIC (2000)) |
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| Source Writer | Kurt Eichenwald (Author) |
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| Executive Producer | Jeff Skoll (Executive Producer, HOUSE OF D (2005)) |
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| Composer | Marvin Hamlisch (Legendary film composer) |
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| Director of Photography | Peter Andrews (Director/Screenwriter, TRAFFIC (2000)) |
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| Screenwriter | Scott Z. Burns (Writer/producer) |
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| Producer | Howard Braunstein (Film Producer) |
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| Executive Producer | Michael London (Producer, THE GURU (2003)) |
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| Producer | Jennifer Fox |
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| Executive Producer | George Clooney (American actor/director) |
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| Producer | Gregory Jacobs (Producer, FULL FRONTAL (2002)) |
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Video: Color
Weight factor: 1 item(s)
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Catalog #: 4068855
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UPC: 883929037209 |
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Release Notes
Blu-ray Disc Features:
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Titles
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The Informant
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