The Informant!
2009 · Movie · R · 108 min · ★ 6.2 · 73% critics
A fast-rising executive at a major food company suddenly becomes a whistleblower, telling the FBI about a far-reaching price-fixing scheme. As he juggles the investigation, he imagines himself as a hero and expects a big reward for doing the right thing.
Based on The Informant
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Details
- Years
- 2009
- Release date
- 2009-09-18
- Language
- English
- Rated
- R
- Runtime
- 108 min
- Critic score
- 73/100
- TMDB rating
- 6.2/10 (975 votes)
- Budget
- $22,000,000
About
You may like this if you enjoy quirky true-story crime comedies with an unreliable lead and a satirical edge; Not for you if you want a straightforward investigation drama or constant laughs, and you might also like American Made or The Laundromat.
Pros: Matt Damon shines; darkly funny; intriguing true story | Cons: uneven pacing; can feel repetitive; tone feels off
Themes
- fbi
- lie
- agriculture
- based on true story
- informant
- witness to murder
- surveillance
- corn
- price-fixing
Cast & crew
Matt Damon
as Mark Whitacre
Scott Bakula
as Brian Shepard
Joel McHale
as Robert Herndon
Melanie Lynskey
as Ginger Whitacre
Tom Papa
as Mick Andreas
Rick Overton
as Terry Wilson
Thomas F. Wilson
as Mark Cheviron
Clancy Brown
as Aubrey Daniel
Tony Hale
as James Epstein
Richard Steven Horvitz
as Bob Zaiderman
Directed by Steven Soderbergh