The Informant!

Based on a tattle-tale

Soderbergh decides to take on David Mamet in the ''who's fooling who?'' game in this look at corporate dirty dealing. Although it bears a superficial resemblance to the Michael Mann/Russell Crowe ''The Insider'', the man spilling the beans is a very different type of person. After agreeing to help the FBI expose corporate wrongdoing at a major multinational, the cops become worried when they start to realise that their inside man is running a game of his own... but they can't figure out his game plan.

108 minutes.
Mature Accompaniment under 13 (Language).
Comedy, Crime, Drama, Thriller.

Not currently showing on the local cinema circuit.

Hold the anchovies, but don't tell them I said so...

Credits

Cast	Matt Damon, Lucas McHugh Carroll, Eddie Jemison, Rusty Schwimmer, Craig Ricci Shaynak, Tom Papa, Rick Overton, Melanie Lynskey
Director	Steven Soderbergh
Screenplay	Scott Z. Burns, from the book by Kurt Eichenwald
Music	Marvin Hamlisch
Cinematography	Steven Soderbergh
Editing	Stephen Mirrione
Sound formats	Dolby Digital, Sony Dynamic Digital Sound, DTS
Made in	2009
Produced by	Warner Bros. Pictures, Participant Media, Groundswell Productions, Section Eight, Jaffe/Braunstein Enterprises

Film and Publications Board (FPB) Report (SA)

Genre	Comedy, drama
Language	Strong
Nudity	None
Sex	None
Violence	None
Prejudice	None
Blasphemy	None
Drug abuse	Mild
Comments	Complex themes but not overly disturbing or harmful other than fairly frequent strong language.
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ScreenIt Report (USA)

Sex / Nudity	Violence	Blood / Gore / Gross
Guns / Weapons	Profanity	Alcohol / Drugs
Smoking	Disrespectful / Bad Attitude	Imitative Behaviour
Frightening / Tense Scenes	Jump Scenes	Tense Family Scenes
Music (Scary/Tense)	Music (Inappropriate)	Topics to talk about

Ratings

Scale (Max)	20
What the Critics say
Cape Argus / The Star Teresa Smith Some thrills and spills and lots of suspension of believe required.	10
Die Burger François Bloemhof Hierdie fliek loop gevaar om krimineel vervelig te wees.	5
Chicago Sunday Times Roger Ebert The Informant! is fascinating in the way it reveals two levels of events, not always visible to each other or to the audience. A second viewing would be rewarding, knowing what we find out.	20
Rolling Stone Peter Travers Laugh you will at The Informant!, but it's way too real to laugh off.	18
ScreenIt C. Fuchs	10
Metacritic.com 36 critics	13
Rottentomatoes critics 139 critics	14
Rottentomatoes tomatometer Tomatometer A charismatic turn by star Matt Damon and a consistently ironic tone boost this quietly funny satire about a corporate whistle-blower.	15
What the People say
Internet 3956 Netizens Flawed, but with Merit	14
Average .. 66%	13