The Informant!

The Informant!

  • Director: Steven Soderbergh
  • Writer: Scott Z. Burns,Kurt Eichenwald
  • Countries of origin: United States
  • Language: English, German
  • Release date: September 18, 2009
  • Sound mix: Dolby Digital, SDDS
  • Aspect ratio: 1.85 : 1
  • Also known as: Người Chỉ Điểm
  • "The Informant" is based on Kurt Eichenwald 's novel of the same name. It is a black humor film directed by Steven Soderbergh and starring Matt Damon , Mel and Joel Edward Mchale .
    The film tells the true story of the FBI, with the help of The Informant Mark Whitaker, who arrested the most politically powerful company in the United States.
    The film was released in the United States on September 18, 2009. The film was nominated for the best film in the category of musical comedy at the 14th Golden Satellite Awards . 

    Details

    • Release date September 18, 2009
    • Filming locations Springfield, Illinois, USA
    • Production companies Warner Bros., Participant, Groundswell Productions

    Box office

    Budget

    $22,000,000 (estimated)

    Gross US & Canada

    $33,316,821

    Opening weekend US & Canada

    $10,464,314

    Gross worldwide

    $41,771,168

    Movie reviews

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    • By Elza 2022-03-25 09:01:12

      Wow Damon is not handsome

      Damon's acting is great.

      What do you say about lying? The most classic sentence is: you tell a lie, use a bigger lie to make up for it. Actually, it's kind of hard for me. I've always wanted to find out what a true story this is. It really makes a difference whether English is good or not without subtitles. Does the FBI handle this in the US too? Isn't price monopoly normal? Is it illegal? What about rebates? It's illegal to do something so common.
      The biochemist didn't know what...

    • By Rebeka 2022-03-24 09:02:27

      There are always liars

      If you have a liar like the protagonist of the movie Mark, then obviously there is no need to be too nervous, because such a person has completely integrated the lie and the truth, and it is estimated that even he himself does not understand why he is habitually lying. .
      Such people, just like when we watched this movie, really don't understand why they always lied, and ended up putting themselves in prison. How can such things that harm others and themselves be done? But sometimes, I...

    • By Candice 2022-03-24 09:02:27

      Smart is mistaken by smart

      Dr. Mark Whittaker (Matt Damon) is a vice president of ADM in Decatur, Illinois, USA. The continued failure of the new lysine product trials he led led to a decline in glucose production, and Mark reported that Mr. Nakahara of Japanese rival Ajinomoto told him that ADM's top executives were spies of Ajinomoto, and that the spies had injected viruses into glucose to contaminate production caused. Zhongyuan asked 10 million to provide spy status and new antiviral lysine bug.
      The company...

    • By Chance 2022-03-23 09:02:25

      black comedy

      A comedy with a dark humorous style and a heavy core.
      The director has weakened the common elements in genre films, such as meticulous and sinister planning, intense and exciting evidence collection, intertwined psychology, and thrilling pursuit.
      Mark is not a three-dimensional existence. When he doesn't seem to panic, he is always so innocent and innocent (much like Ripley). Even if the lie is exposed, even if he is imprisoned, he will take care of his life well. .
      Mark's...

    • By Kristina 2022-03-23 09:02:25

      Lie addiction

      1

      From childhood, we are taught not to lie. As for why you can't lie, except that your nose will grow longer, it doesn't seem to have made it clear.
      One reason not to lie: Lies will be exposed and the truth will always come out. This sentence is a bit like a fairy tale. There are so many unsolved mysteries in the world.

      Lying is a measure of IQ. If the IQ of the liar is much higher than that of the deceived person, and he has the ability to tell a lie flawlessly and...

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    • By Kareem 2022-04-22 07:01:39

      Only those who truly understand American culture, history and humor can understand the film. . ....

    • By Dayne 2022-04-22 07:01:39

      I love the chicken thief soundtrack, the gloating subtitles; the covert fake fat guy, and the ubiquitous...

    • By Maybell 2022-04-22 07:01:39

      cheat from start to...

    • By Merle 2022-04-22 07:01:39

      At first, I didn't see that the neurotic uncle was Matt...

    • By Dejah 2022-04-22 07:01:39

      I saw Matt Damon's fattening photos in Taotao Linlin's photo album that day, and I always felt familiar. I didn't see it until I shaved off the beard at the end. I just remembered the handsome brother in Bourne. The last 11 million, like the end of that first-level...

    Movie plot

    Mark Whitaker ( Matt Damon ), a nutritional biochemist , is the vice president of AMD in Decatur, Illinois. The trial of new lysine products led by him continued to fail, and Mark reported that it was caused by a Japanese competitor instructing an AMD employee to maliciously poison. The company reported the case to the FBI, and the latter began to monitor Mark's phone calls. The frightened Mark was worried that his illegal act of...
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    Evaluation action

    "The Informant" is not satisfied with solid storytelling thrillers. It is indeed skill to infuse entertaining atmosphere and manage them well without letting them overwhelming. Soderberg's due satire and shrewdness also make people join hands and shoot the case, showing the process of corruption in large enterprises, which is also a tragicomedy with complex human nature. The spark of wisdom reminiscent of the masterpieces of previous...
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    Movie quotes

    • Mark Whitacre: [on the phone] Well, they kept coming to the house and they only had ADM's side of the story.

      Brian Shepard: You talked to the Wall Street Journal, Mark? What did you say? It's real important that you not talk to the press.

      Mark Whitacre: Me? I told them I had no comment, but didn't matter, they already had the story, anyway. They already had it. Did you see my stipple portrait? It's pretty good.

    • Mark Whitacre: What if I just put out some hypotheticals. I'll talk about certain financial situations, and you guys can tell me if they're wrong, or how serious they might be. Okay, for instance, what if a company gave an executive a car, you know, a corporate car, and instead of driving that to work, he used his personal car, and gave his company car to his daughter. That be a problem?

      FBI Special Agent Bob Herndon: That's it? That's hypothetical?

      Brian Shepard: That shouldn't be a problem.

      Mark Whitacre: Okay, what if it was a corporate plane, and the executive was using that for personal use.

      FBI Special Agent Bob Herndon: Basically the same thing.

      Brian Shepard: Maybe some IRS issues, but...

      Mark Whitacre: Okay, what if it was standard practice at ADM for executives to regularly accept kickbacks in cash.

      Brian Shepard: [stunned] How much money are we talking about, Mark?

      Mark Whitacre: Well, Brian, hypothetically, $500,000.

    • Mark Whitacre: One of the Japanese guys told me a story. This lysine salesman is in a meeting with someone from ConAgra or some other company, I don't know. And the client leans forward and says "I have the same tie as you, only the pattern is reversed." And then he drops dead, face down on the table. Alive and then dead. Brain aneurism. Maybe everyone has a sentence like that, a little time bomb. "I have the same tie as you, only the pattern's reversed." Dead. The last thing they'll ever say.