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IMDb rating 6.5
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Critic rating 8

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Critic Kim Newman
rated 6

While amusing rather than hilarious, it ought to establish Matt Damon as a star character actor.

Read full review at Empire
Critic Roger Ebert
rated 10

...as Soderbergh lovingly peels away veil after veil of deception, the film develops into an unexpected human comedy. Not that any of the characters are laughing.

Read full review at Roger Ebert
Critic Tasha Robinson
rated 8

...earn its exclamation point with giggles as well as shock, and the results are thoroughly entertaining.

Read full review at The A.V. Club
Critic Henrik Østergaard
rated 8

...et underdrejet, humanistisk, kulsort, tragikomisk portræt af et højst kompliceret menneske.

Read full review at Cinemazone
Critic Lotta Zachrisson
rated 8

Manuset är inget mindre än genialt när det kommer till många av Whitacres tankar och Damons prestation gör karaktären nästan sympatisk.

Read full review at Moviezine

Cast & Crew

Frank Welker
As Mark Whitacre's Father
Patton Oswalt
As Ed Herbst
Matt Damon
As Mark Whitacre
Clancy Brown
As Aubrey Daniel
Melanie Lynskey
As Ginger Whitacre
Ann Dowd
As Kate Medford

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The Informant! is a movie about a man named Mark Whitacre, who works for a large agricultural company called Archer Daniels Midland. Mark discovers that his company is involved in a price-fixing conspiracy with other companies, and he decides to report it to the FBI. He imagines himself as a hero and a secret agent, and he agrees to wear a wire and record conversations with his colleagues to help the FBI gather evidence. However, things don't go as planned, and Mark's stories keep changing, making it difficult for the FBI to distinguish between what's real and what's just a product of his imagination.

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