After years of watching Matt Damon kick ass on a global scale in three Bourne movies, it takes a while to get used to seeing him as a flabby, toupee-wearing goofball in The Informant! That uncomfortableness you feel watching him, you discover by the end of this outrageous new comedy, is just one of the things that Damon and director Steven Soderbergh use to play with your head in this very smart and very funny movie. In The Informant!, Damon plays Mark Whitacre, an up-and-coming executive at a food additive manufacturer who becomes disillusioned when he uncovers a price fixing plot with global ramifications. Seeing himself as the guy wearing the white hat, Whitacre contacts the FBI and convinces them to start an investigation. The Informant! is the kind of movie that you will want to see a second time – at least – just to watch these two very talented filmmakers work their cinematic confidence game on the audience because even after you know where you will end up, The Informant! is still a hell of a ride.
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