Starring: Matt Damon
The Informant! is fast. Sometimes so fast it can be confusing. But you're supposed to be confused. Everyone in the film is, so why shouldn't you be? Mark "Corky" Whitacre is a biochemist working for ADM, a company which - as you find out immediately - is all about making YOU eat corn. When lysine (a derivative of corn) production begins to drop in the plant at ADM, Corky goes to his boss, Mick Andreas, with the information that there's a mole from a competitor sabotaging their lysine plant. An individual wants $10 mill for the information of who. Soon the FBI gets involved at which point Whitacre goes informant on ADM's shady business practices. The result is a crazy rollercoaster ride of lies, greed and baffled government officials.
Mustached Matt Damon is a joy. There are strange appearances by comics Tom Papa and Patton Oswalt, although neither is a comic centre of this film. It should be noted that this is a Clooney-produced movie. Which makes the soundtrack and anti-american greed theme make more sense.
The Informant! is smart, funny and baffling. Who's the real bad guy?
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