Videogum » The Informant! http://videogum.com Fri, 10 Feb 2012 22:45:19 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.2 The Videogum Movie Club: The Informant! http://videogum.com/91051/the_videogum_movie_club_the_in/franchises/the-videogum-movie-club/ http://videogum.com/91051/the_videogum_movie_club_the_in/franchises/the-videogum-movie-club/#comments Mon, 21 Sep 2009 11:03:18 +0000 Gabe Summer movie season has definitely ended. When I walked into the theater on Friday night, OPENING NIGHT, there were only about 10 other people there. Now, granted, the discrepancy between the appeal of a thoughtful comedy about corporate malfeasance in the world of agro-business versus Harry Potter and the Temple of Mordor is greater than just seasonal changes. But with a 10.5 million dollar take for the weekend, The Informant! was still the number two movie in the country (behind Cloudy with a Chance of 6-Year-Olds), so, you know, the world has changed, I can feel it in the water.

All of that being said: The Informant! was a really good movie!

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]]> 37 The Informant! Sure Got Wacky And Fat All Of A Sudden http://videogum.com/77232/the_informant_sure_got_wacky_a/movies/trailer/ http://videogum.com/77232/the_informant_sure_got_wacky_a/movies/trailer/#comments Wed, 01 Jul 2009 15:26:04 +0000 Gabe The Informant trailer, you guys:

Huh. I actually read The Informant, Kurt Eichenwald’s account of Mark Whitacre’s enthusiastic participation in a covert FBI investigation into Archer Daniels Midland (supermarket to the world). I read it after hearing a really good episode of This American Life dedicated to Eichenwald’s/Whitacre’s story. You should listen to it, it’s really interesting. But I don’t remember it being as wacky, or as fixated on how funny mustaches can be. I also don’t remember Mark Whitacre’s chubbiness being one of the main things that was interesting about the story, but I guess when Matt Damon puts on 30 pounds for a role, you have to make the most of it. THE MOST OF IT! (Get it? Fat.)

In any case, according to IMDB Patton Oswalt is also in this. And I do love Steven Soderbergh for the most part. So I suppose I can put aside my understanding of the FACTS and try to enjoy what looks like the madcappiest comedy about agro-industrial espionage and white collar malfeasance of 2000forever.

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