A majority of the humor in Steven Soderbergh’s corporate espionage comedy
The Informant! comes from watching the protagonist, the vice president of a prominent agricultural-industry giant, issue a series of internal non sequiturs while inadvertently gabbing his way right into his own grave -- and Matt Damon’s mouth is a virtual earth excavator. Sporting a haircut that’s spritzed to early-'90s perfection and neckties that look like a bad '80s hangover, his incessant, increasingly delusional ramblings provide the film with some of its most outlandishly funny moments. That is, of course, until his entire ruse begins to unravel and we’re struck with the sudden rea...
Released:
2009
Rated:
R
Length:
108 mins