Charles Herold (cherold) Steven Soderbergh is always trying new things, so his movies are always, on some level, quite interesting.The Informant follows an executive who helps the FBI to investigate shenanigans at his company. As the story progresses, we got a lot of voiceovers from protagonist Matt Damon, but they rarely seem to relate to what's going on. It suggests that there is something going on below the surface, but it takes a long time to understand the totality of what is happening.Damon's character is an odd duck, enthusiastic and talkative but often talking when he shouldn't or leaving out important details.All of which is interesting enough, yet the movie tends to be a bit slow, and far less comedic than I was lead to believe by the trailer. There are certainly comedic elements, most notably a brilliantly odd Marvin Hamlisch score that combines elements of 70s cop movies and 60s comedies and musicals.Why does a movie that takes place in the '90s have a faux '70s soundtrack? I have no idea; there doesn't seem to be any real purpose to it. And that's a lot of my problem with this movie; it's elements, interesting or not, don't seem to connect with the story being told.In a way, The Informant seems like a movie you should watch twice, since the Damon's voice-over would probably make more sense with the context of the ending, but it's not a movie I would ever watch again. The Informant is mildly interesting, has a great track, and gets increasingly interesting towards the end, but overall I just didn't get much out of it.

juneebuggy This was not good. Described as a "quirky comedy-crime film" I was bored throughout following a puffed up Matt Damon in the role of informant for the FBI, who after discovering that his company is involved in price fixing (and convinced he'll be a hero) wears a wire to gather the evidence needed to convict his bosses. This is based on a true story and the case becomes threatened when it turns out that Mark Whitacre is also a compulsive liar and embezzler.I'm not even sure how to review this, the story was convoluted, random, long winded, and had a Farrelly brothers vibe to it, (but not in a good way) including a distracting (terrible) soundtrack. I will say that Matt Damon did a good job here though. He is a chunky monkey, wearing bad clothes and sporting a terrible 80's moustache, who as a character is all over the place; paranoid, angry, accusing, nerdy, comical, intense and a big fat liar.I think my favorite part of this (long) movie was the ongoing voice-over where we get to hear the random internal dialogue going through Mark's head, and wow does he have some obscure thoughts, often hilarious.1/26/15

pemiteo Pathetic acting, pathetic script, pathetic movie.I am glad I didn't pay to see this one. Just watched it on TV. Well, watching it is a way of describing this. I stopped paying interest about 15 minutes form the start. I forced myself not to change the channel during commercials, but trust me it wasn't easy.I like Matt Damon, I really do, but his performance here will probably leave you downhearted, to say the least. On the other side I am not a very big fan of Soderbergh - yes I enjoyed some of his movies but I would not rate any of them higher than a 7/10 - and after this evening I would think twice before ever watching another one of his movies.What triggered me to write this review is that I felt the story had potential and this could have been a nice movie. But the result is simply pathetic. Just a big bloated waste of time.

Tulbi I'd like to just give a very short review in the form of pro and cons:*minor spoilers*pro: - Matt Damons dramatic acting - portrayal of the decay of the "Whitacre" as a moral character - transition from 90s cinematic look to the "present" one - tony hale (apart from that short "busteresque" moment)cons: - Matt Damons comedic acting (works at most for some late night show) - storytelling not very fluid - Thomas Wilson always seems on the edge of breaking characterThe Movie would have maybe worked if not for the bad execution of its comedic intent (acting and script wise).