Film2009108 min

The Informant!

Name: The Informant!
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Released: 2009
Duration: 108 min
Cast: Matt Damon, Lucas McHugh Carroll, Eddie Jemison, Rusty Schwimmer, Craig Ricci Shaynak

Taste attributes: comedycrimedramadetectivebiographyslowunsavouryrealisticintricatelineargrittyenclosedcomplex relationshipfighting evil

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"Based on a tattle-tale."

Boxlist takeRealistic and rough-edged: a small-scale crime comedy, intricate rather than simple. Best if you like grit over polish.

Taste details

Pace: slow · Originality: balanced · Tone: dark · Weight: balanced · Realism: true to life · Story: intricate · Structure: linear · Look: gritty · Scale: confined · Emotional punch: balancedHow we score

Quality rating

6.1 /10

TMDB · 661 votes

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What lines up

Pace: Slow, just how this profile likes it
Wholesomeness: Unsavoury, just how this profile likes it
Setting / scale: Small / confined, just how this profile likes it

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Weightiness: Balanced weightiness, where this profile leans weighty / heavy
Realism: True to life, where this profile leans balanced realism

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Synopsis

A rising star at agri-industry giant Archer Daniels Midland (ADM), Mark Whitacre suddenly turns whistleblower. Even as he exposes his company’s multi-national price-fixing conspiracy to the FBI, Whitacre envisions himself being hailed as a hero of the common man and handed a promotion.

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