The informant (The Informant!)

Shana 2022-01-03 08:01:44

"The New York Times" reporter Kurt Eichenwald adapted the real events of former ADM vice president Mark E. Whitacre into the novel "The Whistleblower" in 2001. In 2009, Steven Soderbergh and screenwriter Scott Z. Burns worked together to put the novel on the big screen, with Matt Damon, who gained nearly 30 pounds, as the informer. So I realized that Robert Downey Jr. actually had no right to laugh at Matt at the Golden Globes, even though he was just joking. This naive uncle was born on Labor Day in 1957 in the same year as my father.

The film has three advantages: the drama of abuse, the black humorous narration and the excellent performance of a group of actors. Needless to say, Matt Damon, as the plot progresses, I can't help but think of two other amazing characters Leonardo DiC in "Cat and Mouse Game" and Edward Norton in "First Fear", but Matt Damon is better than Those two seem to be more pure and kind. The director even brought in comedians like Tom Papa, Patton Oswalt, Tom and Dick Smothers, and Paul F. Tompkins. When the plot of these supporting characters co-authored the movie appeared around Fat Matt, a bean friend made such a comment, "From the second half, the face of each supporting character is a 囧字".

The narration is another highlight of the film. Whenever the scene jumps, there will be a lot of trivial and interesting narrations, which are actually some rather boring ideas of Mark. The nagging narration also hinted at Mark's bipolar disorder and the fact that he is not as kind as he seems. When you think Mark is just having a big tongue, Matt laughs. He is like a polar bear, covering his big black nose and hiding it on the white ice, waiting for an opportunity to hunt. But why does the polar bear know that its nose is black? Is it an instinct to lie?

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  • Jevon 2022-01-03 08:01:44

    I don’t like Matt Damon playing this kind of role~

  • Alan 2022-04-21 09:02:47

    Byrne doesn't trust anyone anymore so starts lying and ends up losing his hair

The Informant! quotes

  • [first lines]

    Mark Whitacre: [voiceover] You know that orange juice you have every morning? You know what's in that? Corn. And you know what's in the maple syrup you put on your pancakes? You know what makes it taste so good? Corn. And when you're good and help with the trash, you know what makes the big, green bags biodegradable?

    Mark Whitacre: [to his son] Do you?

    Alexander Whitacre: Uh-huh. Corn.

    Mark Whitacre: Corn *starch*. But Daddy's company didn't come up with that one. DuPont did.

  • Mark Whitacre: Who'd make up someone named Regina? It's the capital of Saskatchewan.