Movie: ‘The Informant!’

If you didn’t know it before Matt Damon proves it here . . . he is a pretty good actor. Ten minutes in to the film and I wasn’t noticing it was him playing a guy with very fertile imagination. It is hard to categorize The Informant! A comedy? Kinda. A caper plot? The ’70s style who-done-it music might be a clue. I must say director Steven Soderbergh was quite generous in handing out roles to minor league and off-the-radar comics. Like: Tom Papa, Allan Havey, Joel McHale, Tom Smothers, Patton Oswalt, Jimmy Brogan, Dick Smothers just to name a few (I am sure there were a few others in there that I missed). Some of the parts were much more than cameos. All and all a unique story that make for an entertaining film. [ RT ] [ MC ]

“The Informant!” Movie Review

The wacky little brother of “Erin Brockovich,” “The Informant!” goofs around lightheartedly while still doing some justice to the true-life story of a zealous but wildly delusional corporate whistle-blower. A larky outing for director Steven Soderbergh after the somber rigors of “Che” and “The Girlfriend Experience,” the pic showcases an excellent performance by a chubbed-out Matt Damon as a Midwestern executive who’s so smart he’s dumb. Amusingly eccentric rather than outright funny, this Warner Bros. release will have to rely mostly on Damon for its B.O., which looks to be modest. ● More from: variety.com