The Informant! reviews (2009)

The Informant! details

Formats:	15 DVD, Blu-ray
Starring:	Matt Damon, Scott Bakula, Joel McHale, Melanie Lynskey, Tony Hale, Paul F. Tompkins, Thomas F. Wilson, Andrew Daly, Mike O'Malley, Eddie Jemison
Director:	Steven Soderbergh
Genres:	Comedy - Crime, Drama - Crime, Thriller - Crime
Studio:	Warner Brothers Pictures UK
Collections:	Based on a True Story, Decades: 00s, Duvet Days, Easy Watching, Funny Men, I Can't Believe it's Not Fiction, Just Arrived, LOVEFiLM Favourites

Name	Discs
The Informant!	15 Feature

DVD Information

Run time:	1 hour 48 minutes
Rental release:	29 Mar 2010
Main languages:	English, English Audio Description
Subtitles:	Greek, Icelandic, Dutch, Hebrew, Arabic

Name	Discs
The Informant!	15 Feature

Blu-ray Information

Run time:	1 hour 48 minutes
Rental release:	29 Mar 2010
Main languages:	English, English Audio Description
Subtitles:	Dutch, Thai, Finnish, Romanian, German, Danish, Hebrew, Cantonese, Greek, Korean, Chinese, Norwegian, French, Italian, Swedish

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LOVEFiLM Review The Informant!

By Tom Charity from LOVEFiLM

Matt Damon and director Steven Soderbergh reunite for this comedy gem...
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Disappointing

By KJDA (1 review) from Bristol , 24 Nov 2009

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Usually I'm the first in line for a film that is quirky or unusual and more often than not loving it when most others just can't see the point. The Informant! however was the first exception for some time - dull and disappointing about sums it up for me I'm afraid.

It was filmed as though set in the 70's that did not fit with the setting of the story which was the 90's through to the current decade. I've read in another review that that is okay because it does take place in Illinois and not in the more sophisticated Eastern States. Not keen on that statement having lived there myself in the 90's, it might not be New York but the Mid-West does not live in a different era!

There were some mildly amusing scenes in the film, the narration by Whitacre, who is the informer, over much of the film was a clever way to 'hear' his thoughts. Over all I would not recommend this one as a must see.
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The Informant - based on a true story

By MelissaMarabamma (220 reviews) from South Coast UK , 02 Mar 2013

Plot twists that you do not see coming until well into the story. Incredible that it is a true story at it's core. Very entertaining.
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If you REALLY have nothing better to do

By a customer , 13 Jan 2013

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Its Ok, The twist is not convincing, actually almost disappointing. Moves at a reasonable speed, and manages to keep at least 70% of your interest
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Sleepy Damon

By Andyyy41 (3 reviews) , 09 Jan 2013

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Very rarely will I turn a film off half way through, and even more so a film featuring Matt Damon. This film was completely disappointing and misleading. The one good thing about this film are the reviews. Give them a read, you'll stay awake longer.
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Good but needs perseverance

By blueskies22 (6 reviews) , 04 Jan 2013

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As a previous reviewer mentioned, this film has been given some unduly bad write ups. I takes a bit of perseverance - perhaps a bit slow to get off the mark - but it IS a very good story. Soderberg does a decent job of tying it all together and the cast likewise. If you enjoyed Matt Damon in the Talented Mr Ripley then you'll probably find this film similarly enjoyable. If I have to level any criticisms at the flick they are as follows: firstly, reproducing the cinematography as well as the props of the early to mid-90s (the period over which most of the film occurs) is unnecessary. The scenery and furnishings of the offices and home were probably spot on but a bit more zing in the camera work would have helped. And whilst I'm here I may as well lambast those awful purple Austin-Powers style titles that were periodically superimposed on the screen! Overall rated good with the potential to be very good but probably never brilliant. Worth watching.
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Worthy shot, interesting, quirky, ultimately unsatisfying

By j9ball (1 review) , 04 Dec 2012

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Quite a strange little film really. One can imagine it might have sounded more wonderful as a concept than it came out on film: the true life adventure of an essentially slimy and irresponsible yet strangely likable liar. The 70s motif is an odd choice, since the action is all 90s and above, but adds to the general quirky aesthetic. The performances are uniformly brilliant. Damon is great. Scott Bakula is wonderful. Everyone's got it down, the peculiar sense of innocence mixed with corruption and ridiculousness. I nearly turned it off several times, but I'm glad I saw it through to the end, because just when you think you've got the picture, it gets substantially weirder over the last 20 minutes. I'd say ultimately it's not a must-see by any stretch, but it's kind of an amusing and interesting failure -- or perhaps failure is too harsh, but there's a sense that it doesn't quite reach the absurdist heights to which it aspires. Just not entirely satisfying somehow.
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