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5 of 7 people found the following review helpful:
Very entertaining but probably won't watch it again.
Matt Damon does his usual good acting job in this story of a sociopathic biochemist/businessman.
The film style is rather quirky with an incongruous soundtrack and stylistic settings in the Midwestern United States. I was kept interested throughout the film by new revelations regarding Whitaker's embezzlements.
The story progresses from Whitaker...
Published 5 months ago by That Was Cool.
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9 of 12 people found the following review helpful:
Deceptive - NOT A COMEDY!
Contrary to the sneak peeks of this movie; it is absolutely NOT a comedy.
It is not a bad movie, as I would probably give it 2 stars if it weren't so deceptive in classifying itself. The biggest letdown is that they advertise it to be a hilarious comedy, when it is just a story about a guy that has mental problems.
Published 5 months ago by David A. Moses
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9 of 12 people found the following review helpful:
Deceptive - NOT A COMEDY!, March 26, 2010
This review is from: The Informant! (Video On Demand)
Contrary to the sneak peeks of this movie; it is absolutely NOT a comedy.
It is not a bad movie, as I would probably give it 2 stars if it weren't so deceptive in classifying itself. The biggest letdown is that they advertise it to be a hilarious comedy, when it is just a story about a guy that has mental problems.
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5 of 7 people found the following review helpful:
Very entertaining but probably won't watch it again., March 20, 2010
This review is from: The Informant! (Video On Demand)
Matt Damon does his usual good acting job in this story of a sociopathic biochemist/businessman.
The film style is rather quirky with an incongruous soundtrack and stylistic settings in the Midwestern United States. I was kept interested throughout the film by new revelations regarding Whitaker's embezzlements.
The story progresses from Whitaker seeming to be a blameless whistle-blower to being the creative force in his own little 10 million dollar embezzlement scheme, while the company he worked for ripped consumers off for hundreds of millions in price fixing.
If you are a matt Damon fan I think you will enjoy this film.
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Just WAY too confusing, July 24, 2010
This review is from: The Informant! (Video On Demand)
This is not the movie that I thought I was going to see.
It's one of those confused, vague wastes of time
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Funny and Sad movie, July 15, 2010
This review is from: The Informant! (Video On Demand)
great movie Matt Damon is really good in it. Too bad it is a true story
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Ready to be informed?, June 10, 2010
I love Matt Damon and Scott Backula, but I do not love this movie. The actors' performances, including the tertiary players, were fantastic. The costumes and sets look great, but the writing and pacing is just boring. I tried but after an hour, I had to stop watching it... I don't think I laughed once. I thought I didn't understand it, but after speaking with friends, they said it wasn't me. The fact that this got a 77% on [...] truly amazes me and I'll have to reconsider them as a recommendation source for future films.
Scott Z. Burns wrote this, but produced An Inconvenient Truth. We saw how that turned out. Anything with this Aussie's name on it will be on my "To Avoid" list in the future.
This movie, in my opinion, is a complete waste of time. It gets two stars for the great acting and settings.
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Really liked it...quirky, May 16, 2010
This review is from: The Informant! (Video On Demand)
This is a distinct movie and when I say distinct, I mean it won't appeal to most but it definitely appealed to me. I found the plot line believable, found the story's pace good...I liked Matt Damon's portrayal...
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7 of 11 people found the following review helpful:
Quirky retelling of Interesting Story, March 6, 2010
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I went into this expecing quirky from director Steven Soderbergh. It is not supposed to be a typical white collar crime drama. I loved the voice over with the main character just giving random thoughts, even in the most ridiculous context of what was happening to him at the time. It is not action packed, drama filled but it is a pleasant black comedy with Matt Damon given a realy understated performance. Not laugh out loud funny but certainly brings you into the period of the early 1990's and tells the true story of a guy who was living in another world in his head.
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3 of 7 people found the following review helpful:
Film interesting-SOUND on streaming/Mac was very low!, February 26, 2010
This review is from: The Informant! (Video On Demand)
Just a tech problem with the film, but a problematic one since I rented this to watch with friend & didn't have decent external speakers available: the sound was MUCH lower than in most Amazon rentals on my MacBook Pro. Annoying glitch that I will be careful about in the future.
The film itself is a Soderbergh 3 star. If you like his work the unreliable narrator trope will delight you-and Matt Damon is just fun & convincing. Many of the supporting cast turn in amusing performances as well.
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4 of 11 people found the following review helpful:
RE-DI-CU-LOUS!!!, March 13, 2010
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I watched this movie elsewhere but I thought you needed to know how horrible it was. If I could've given it 0 stars I would've. First off, if you like corn and corn related products, then I say go right ahead and watch it if you can bear it. But, if you are not crazy about the yellow cobs and corn refineries then take my advice and look at something else. The previews looked funny but after watching less than half of this movie, I wanted to rip my hair out(that would have been more entertaining!) My family and I couldn't watch anymore of the movie so we put in 2012 instead.
Overall, I give this two thumbs down. Very disappointing!!!
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