Good story, Not enough for a whole film

While it doesn't offer any answers, it both thrills and makes you think.

The story, direction, characters, and writing/dialogue is akin to taking a tranquilizer shot to the neck, but everything else was so well done.

Great movie. Not sure what people expected but I found it highly entertaining.

Extremely slow and boring start to the movie. Kicks up in the end where Matt Damon also redeems himself as the main thing that keeps this movie up. How he acts as the plot unravels towards the end is very good, though my first thought of him was that he looked ridiculous and was poorly casted to carry his role. The movie in general is actually very simple to watch which also makes it a little boring at first. There are no side stories/plots and no other interesting characters to develop. All you have to do is to wait for the plot to develop and for Matt Damon to step up towards the end.

Steven Soderbergh is always trying new things, so his movies are always, on some level, quite interesting.The Informant follows an executive who helps the FBI to investigate shenanigans at his company. As the story progresses, we got a lot of voiceovers from protagonist Matt Damon, but they rarely seem to relate to what's going on. It suggests that there is something going on below the surface, but it takes a long time to understand the totality of what is happening.Damon's character is an odd duck, enthusiastic and talkative but often talking when he shouldn't or leaving out important details.All of which is interesting enough, yet the movie tends to be a bit slow, and far less comedic than I was lead to believe by the trailer. There are certainly comedic elements, most notably a brilliantly odd Marvin Hamlisch score that combines elements of 70s cop movies and 60s comedies and musicals.Why does a movie that takes place in the '90s have a faux '70s soundtrack? I have no idea; there doesn't seem to be any real purpose to it. And that's a lot of my problem with this movie; it's elements, interesting or not, don't seem to connect with the story being told.In a way, The Informant seems like a movie you should watch twice, since the Damon's voice-over would probably make more sense with the context of the ending, but it's not a movie I would ever watch again. The Informant is mildly interesting, has a great track, and gets increasingly interesting towards the end, but overall I just didn't get much out of it.

Whilst wading through the book on which this film is based is a bit of a trial, this production brings alive the clever stupidity of the man-who-would-be-king Mark Whittacre. Matt Damon is perfectly cast - both for the voice over and the leading role. I laughed as I saw this conceited arxx-hxxx brought to life. Oh, so many times have I met his type. Usually, however, those I've met have been stopped in their greedy tracks because their selfish objectives have been so obvious. It's obvious from this film that some of the otherwise sceptical or truth seeing people are blinded by the affluence enjoyed by the players in the story. Well, there's a lesson for you. Laugh whilst you learn. This is a fabulous entertainment for jaded white-collar types anywhere!

It's all so hilarious, those goofy, quirky Corporate types that siphon Billions from the Rubes as they go merrily along as they fashion themselves Masters of the Universe. There is so much Money that keeping track of it all is futile at best. That makes for some easy pickings even for those who can barely tell you what day it is. They are so self-involved in the bubble of self-confidence and an everyone is doing it mind-set that they have no time for ethics. Leave that for the great unwashed. Yes, its all so humorous, or so Director Soderbergh believes that you must just chuckle along with these Clowns as they kill the economy with Memos and manipulations of Prices and Products. Even more outrageous is the fact that this is a True Story so the Filmmakers feel no need to Editorialize. It's all played out as a Peep-Show for the little People.In the end this Black Comedy informs us that the Corporate law breakers (stealing Billions) get half as much Jail Time as the schmuck who blew the whistle (he stole Millions) and there's the rub. Ain't it all hilarious. Just laugh it off as an Entertaining Romp all delivered as a Fluffy Affair with Musical Kazoos and bouncy Rhythms decked out in Game Show Colors. It's all such a Hoot. Laugh it all off and...Mr. and Mrs. America, come on down.