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(1 - 36) of 36 OFCS Rating: 78% Fresh Page   1   "The exclamation point in the title combined with the burnt orange color scheme and silly haircuts and facial hair tells you all you need to know about Soderbergh's approach."   Examiner.com   Adam Lippe 4/5 "stretches the boundaries of credibility while creating a movie that mocks most of the tenets of the genres he's working in."   Filmcritic.com   Bill Gibron C "He's never been one to indulge, but there once was a time when Soderbergh was able to please. Sadly, The Informant! never earns its exclamation point. It's more of an ellipses motion picture."   BrianOrndorf.com   Brian Orndorf C- "Oddly, director Steven Soderbergh seems to believe that casting Matt Damon as habitual corporate liar and thief Mark Whitacre constitutes an empathetic protagonist."   ColeSmithey.com   Cole Smithey 4/5 "If Soderbergh's offbeat approach seems alienating at first, the film's second half is loaded with hilariously bizarre revelations, which are actually true to the case."   eFilmCritic.com   Dan Lybarger B+ "Grandly played by Matt Damon."   Ozus' World Movie Reviews   Dennis Schwartz 1.5/4 "Repetitive to the point of supreme annoyance, The Informant! would have been better informed with a page-one rewrite."   DustinPutman.com   Dustin Putman 3/5 "Creo que en manos de unos cineastas como los hermanos Coen, por ejemplo, el resultado sería infinitamente más divertido."   Uruguay Total   Enrique Buchichio B+ "It's a jaunty, goofy trip for the audience, a smart comedy about a dumb guy."   EricDSnider.com   Eric D. Snider 2/4 "The Informant! is Soderbergh in larky mode, which in its sterility has recently become virtually indistinguishable from his cerebral mode."   Slant Magazine   Fernando F. Croce B+ "A movie of chuckles rather than belly-laughs...but they really add up. In its unforced, loopy way, this is one of the funniest pictures of the year."   One Guy's Opinion   Frank Swietek 4/5 "Another creative addition to Steven Soderbergh's impressive collection of adventuresome films."   Spirituality and Practice   Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat "The more prolific Steven Soderbergh becomes, the more his movies feel like perfunctorily adumbrated rough drafts..."   The L Magazine   Henry Stewart 3/4 "Soderbergh has transformed this into a treatise on the incompetence of everyone involved: the informant, the corporation upon which he informs, the lawyers, and the FBI. Strangely enough, it's completely believable."   ReelViews   James Berardinelli 3/4 "tweaks the story just into the realm of dark humor, but without ever losing the sense that it is fundamentally a tragedy"   Q Network Film Desk   James Kendrick 4.5/5 "...a strange, strong, tragically funny comedy about all the lies we tell ourselves and others to make it through the wicked world and the working week."   MSN Movies   James Rocchi "Parental Content Review"   Screen It!   Jim Judy 2.5/4 "Playful adaptation from Steven Soderbergh features Matt Damon, 30 pounds heavier, whose beautifully nuanced take on wide-eyed naiveté saves this otherwise pointless goof."   Big Picture Big Sound   Joe Lozito 3/5 "It's the kind of movie that stymies my proper critical eye (and ability to write) due to being so jumbled and ambitious, much like its hero."   Cinerina   Karina Montgomery 2/5 "The Informant! is one of [Soderbergh's] ugliest works, photographed on the RED digital camera system in such a way that depth of field is meaninglessly flattened into backlit brown mush."   Time Out New York   Keith Uhlich B "Damon gives one of the best performances of his career here, a sneak-up-on-you the-dupe-as-duper narrator."   Reeling Reviews   Laura Clifford 3.5/4 "We'd love to sympathize with Mark Whitacre if he weren't such a crook."   Mark Reviews Movies   Mark Dujsik 6/10 "In Steven Soderbergh's hands and with some very strange stylistic choices the story becomes muddled and more confusing than necessary."   rec.arts.movies.reviews   Mark R. Leeper "[A] potent satire on corporate malfeasance and a deliciously twisted -- half biting, half poignant -- portrait of the people do who corporate evil, with the added piquance of it being based on [a] true story..."   Flick Filosopher   MaryAnn Johanson 2/4 "While The Informant! has a lot going for it stylistically, the entertainment value is sorely lacking."   Aisle Seat   Mike McGranaghan B- "Like some of the food made with the substances produced by the corporation at the heart of this story, this movie is pleasant but leaves a sour aftertaste."   Beliefnet   Nell Minow 3/5 "Soderbergh cria, aqui, algo que poderíamos encarar como uma versão de O Informante caso esta fosse dirigida por Blake Edwards e trouxesse Peter Sellers no papel interpretado por Russell Crowe."   Cinema em Cena   Pablo Villaca 5/5 "A captivating work that is as compulsively entertaining as any of his big-ticket efforts and as slyly subversive as his smaller and quirkier efforts. Honest!"   eFilmCritic.com   Peter Sobczynski 4/5 "An engaging corporate comedy-drama that continually catches us (and the characters) off guard. It's great fun to watch, and has a strongly resonant kick."   Shadows on the Wall   Rich Cline B "Is Whitacre as smart as he seems to be, or is he as dumb as he seems to be? One thing's for sure, nobody knows what this guy is going to pull next."   Laramie Movie Scope   Robert Roten 4/5 "A "happy medium" between Soderbergh's "star-laden" flicks and his smaller, yes slightly brainier, movies. Obviously that's a good thing."   Cinematical   Scott Weinberg "Matt Damon is a constant churn of gee-whiz earnestness, righteous indignation, nervous exasperation and self-aggrandizing swagger..."   Seanax.com   Sean Axmaker 3/4 "Beneath the feathered toupee, that disturbingly fuzzy mustache, and 30 pounds of listless, desk-job body fat lies Matt Damon, giving an outstanding comedic performance."   Charlotte Weekly   Sean O'Connell A- "Confronts us with the inveterate human capacity for self-justification we are all prone to casting ourselves as the hero of our own drama and the victim of our own tragedy."   Decent Films Guide   Steven D. Greydanus 7/10 "Hide-and-sneaky absurdist comedy"   SSG Syndicate   Susan Granger 8/10 "A good movie it is, but to this Soderbergh junkie, alas, just a hint shy of great."   Antagony & Ecstasy   Tim Brayton  (1 - 36) of 36 OFCS Rating: 78% Fresh Page   1