
The Informers
Taste attributes: dramathrillercrimefastfresh & originalunsavourylinearenclosedemotionally undemandingcomplex relationshiptroubled leads
"Greed is good. Sex is easy. Youth is forever."
Boxlist takeExpect a morally murky, original drama, fast rather than slow-burning. Best if you like surprises over comfort.
Taste details
Pace: fast · Originality: very fresh · Tone: very dark · Weight: balanced · Realism: balanced · Story: balanced · Structure: linear · Look: balanced · Scale: confined · Emotional punch: undemandingHow we score
Quality rating
4.7 /10
TMDB · 155 votes
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What lines up
- Linearity: Linear / logical, just how this profile likes it
- Setting / scale: Small / confined, just how this profile likes it
- Originality: Fresh / original, just how this profile likes it
What might not click
- Emotional punch: Undemanding, where this profile leans emotive / stirring
- Pace: Fast, where this profile leans slow
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Synopsis
A collection of intersecting short stories set in early 1980s Los Angeles, depicts a week in the lives of an assortment of socially alienated, mainly well-off characters who numb their sense of emptiness with casual sex, violence, and drugs.
Synopsis: TMDB
Taste Attributes
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Where this title sits on each taste spectrum
Directed by
- Gregor Jordan
Cast
- Billy Bob Thornton
- Kim Basinger
- Mickey Rourke
- Winona Ryder
- Jon Foster
Details
- Genre
- Drama
- Year
- 2008
- Runtime
- 98 min
- Status
- Released
- Studio
- Senator Entertainment Co
- Taste scores
- How we score
Similar in feel
Matched on pace, tone, themes and style, not just genre.











