- Note: Blu-ray discs are in a high definition format and need to be played on a Blu-ray player. To find out more about Blu-ray, visit our Hi-Def Learn & Shop store.
- Important Information on Firmware Updates: Having trouble with your Blu-ray disc player? Will certain discs just not play? You may need to update the firmware inside your player. Click here to learn more.
Frequently Bought Together
What Other Items Do Customers Buy After Viewing This Item?
Product details
Would you like to update product info or give feedback on images?
|
Reviews
DISC AND CASE IN GOOD CONDITION....DISPATCH WITHIN 1 WORKING DAY!
If any problems do occur please contact me before leaving feedback as problems can usually be resolved quickly and efficiently. Thank you for taking the time to look at this item and please have a look through at our other great items & bargains!
Customer Reviews
Most Helpful Customer Reviews
6 of 6 people found the following review helpful
By Ernie
Format:DVD
Mark Whitacre is a high ranking executive at ADM, a corporation specialising in cereal and grain processing.
When ADM's 'Lysine' production repeatedly fails to meet production targets Whitacre is put under pressure to fix the problem. He lies to his bosses that the Lysine plant has been infected with a virus which is causing the Lysine producing bacteria to die, and claims a rival from a Japanese company is demanding $10 million to provide both a cure and reveal the ADM employee who is secretly working for a rival. When ADM call in the FBI on the grounds of corporate blackmail, Whitacre then backtracks on his industrial extortion story and reveals to the FBI that ADM is involved with other corporations in a massive price fixing scandal. And when the FBI ask him to go undercover to provide evidence the lies become bigger and bigger.
While it's not a bad film 'The Informant!' is fairly disappointing. Matt Damon does a good job as Whitacre and there are some amusing moments, but story wise it's just not that thrilling. It's a typical tale of a habitual liar who's lies eventually catch up with him. If you're looking for a film with a similar storyline try Billy Ray's 'Shattered Glass' and 'Breach', and Lasse Hallstrom's 'The Hoax', all of which are far more absorbing and thrilling tales of lies and deceit.
When ADM's 'Lysine' production repeatedly fails to meet production targets Whitacre is put under pressure to fix the problem. He lies to his bosses that the Lysine plant has been infected with a virus which is causing the Lysine producing bacteria to die, and claims a rival from a Japanese company is demanding $10 million to provide both a cure and reveal the ADM employee who is secretly working for a rival. When ADM call in the FBI on the grounds of corporate blackmail, Whitacre then backtracks on his industrial extortion story and reveals to the FBI that ADM is involved with other corporations in a massive price fixing scandal. And when the FBI ask him to go undercover to provide evidence the lies become bigger and bigger.
While it's not a bad film 'The Informant!' is fairly disappointing. Matt Damon does a good job as Whitacre and there are some amusing moments, but story wise it's just not that thrilling. It's a typical tale of a habitual liar who's lies eventually catch up with him. If you're looking for a film with a similar storyline try Billy Ray's 'Shattered Glass' and 'Breach', and Lasse Hallstrom's 'The Hoax', all of which are far more absorbing and thrilling tales of lies and deceit.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
By Movieman
Format:DVD
I hovered over this film for some time before watching it.
Sure I'd read very good reviews about Matt Damons peformance and they were right he creates a very convincing character.
Unfortunately I found neither the character or story interesting. Just a man who lied and then kept on lying, little humour or intrigue. It was a struggle to watch it to the end.
For me this was the weakest film I've seen Damon in yet.
Sure I'd read very good reviews about Matt Damons peformance and they were right he creates a very convincing character.
Unfortunately I found neither the character or story interesting. Just a man who lied and then kept on lying, little humour or intrigue. It was a struggle to watch it to the end.
For me this was the weakest film I've seen Damon in yet.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
By Dr Gonzo
Format:DVD
I've never seen a movie that has polarised opinion in the reviewing fields quite as much as the THE INFORMANT! It seems to be either 5-star love or 1-star loathing, with comment threads descending into bitter arguments between the two camps a bit like the rival factions of a Dr Seuss story.
Before continuing, then, I probably should point out early on that I am in the 5-star camp. I love this film. In fact, it's one of my favourites. I've seen it hundreds of times. And in fairness to the detractors, the words "FBI," "undercover" and "Matt Damon" on the DVD cover could well convey an overall impression of a high-octane thriller in the mind of the viewer. Which this isn't. Not by a long shot. One other reviewer refers to `arthouse pacing,' which is more or less right on the mark.
Damon plays Mark Whitacre, a corporate whistleblower at corn giant Archer Daniels Midland. Whitacre's undercover work with the FBI's Special Agent Brian Shepard in exposing a price-fixing scandal at ADM becomes overshadowed by his own personal dishonesty, a pathological inability to tell the truth and a childlike lack of guile and discretion - not to mention the theft of $9.5 million. Or is it $11.5 million? We're never quite sure.
That's it in a nutshell. Soderbergh's quasi-factual adaptation of Kurt Eichenwald's 2000 nonfiction book of the same name couldn't really be described as a thriller. It couldn't really be described as a drama either. Comedy?... Read more ›
Before continuing, then, I probably should point out early on that I am in the 5-star camp. I love this film. In fact, it's one of my favourites. I've seen it hundreds of times. And in fairness to the detractors, the words "FBI," "undercover" and "Matt Damon" on the DVD cover could well convey an overall impression of a high-octane thriller in the mind of the viewer. Which this isn't. Not by a long shot. One other reviewer refers to `arthouse pacing,' which is more or less right on the mark.
Damon plays Mark Whitacre, a corporate whistleblower at corn giant Archer Daniels Midland. Whitacre's undercover work with the FBI's Special Agent Brian Shepard in exposing a price-fixing scandal at ADM becomes overshadowed by his own personal dishonesty, a pathological inability to tell the truth and a childlike lack of guile and discretion - not to mention the theft of $9.5 million. Or is it $11.5 million? We're never quite sure.
That's it in a nutshell. Soderbergh's quasi-factual adaptation of Kurt Eichenwald's 2000 nonfiction book of the same name couldn't really be described as a thriller. It couldn't really be described as a drama either. Comedy?... Read more ›
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD|Amazon Verified Purchase
I bought this on an impulse because lately, I've struggled to enjoy Movies or Films of late, due mostly to the fact that the story lines are weak, poor acting and other various reasons I can find. It's me more than anything, I hold my hand up to being anally retentive because I do enjoy a good film but hate it when I can figure the movie out before it's finished, and this is why I loved this film (not why i bought it though).
It's a shame it didn't get more attention because Damon is brilliant, his timing is well delivered and he completely backs out of 'Bourne' to prove he is a versatile character. The movie is full of loads of little giggles but not many big ones but still funny nonetheless and It's about Damon's character, who's name I can't remember, that helps the FBI more than he should. It appears he likes digging holes and suffers from foot in mouth syndrome, Everythting that he endures in this movie, is all from his own doing and apparently it's a true story. It's easy to follow, even with all of it's many twists and turns and is the kind of film where you can turn off, watch with out thinking and enjoy with out it causing your IQ to flatline, it's not insulting to your intelligence and has a nice easy, go with the flow kind of attitude. So if your still debating watching this movie give it a go, it's a gooden.
It's a shame it didn't get more attention because Damon is brilliant, his timing is well delivered and he completely backs out of 'Bourne' to prove he is a versatile character. The movie is full of loads of little giggles but not many big ones but still funny nonetheless and It's about Damon's character, who's name I can't remember, that helps the FBI more than he should. It appears he likes digging holes and suffers from foot in mouth syndrome, Everythting that he endures in this movie, is all from his own doing and apparently it's a true story. It's easy to follow, even with all of it's many twists and turns and is the kind of film where you can turn off, watch with out thinking and enjoy with out it causing your IQ to flatline, it's not insulting to your intelligence and has a nice easy, go with the flow kind of attitude. So if your still debating watching this movie give it a go, it's a gooden.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
By C. J. P
Format:Blu-ray
This is a great film, its not supposed to be a rip roaring laugh out loud comedy so if thats what you are or were expecting then you will be disappointed. The film does have some laugh out moments and is humorous. MD puts in a good performance and the film is well made. Worth a nights rental at least.
Would you like to see more reviews about this item?
›
Go to Amazon.com to see all 92 reviews
3.4 out of 5 stars
Were these reviews helpful?
Let us know
Most Recent Customer Reviews
5.0 out of 5 stars
Extremely Underrated!
Never understood why this film got so much hate. Steven Soderbergh does an amazing job. Matt Damon does an awesome job as well, even putting on a few pounds for the part. Read more
Published 11 months ago by Blood
3.0 out of 5 stars
A very mediocre film with a confused identity
To look at the package (brand-identity) for this film you could well be forgiven for thinking it has mixed echoes of various generations past, a fair mélange of design... Read more
Published 17 months ago by Andrew W
3.0 out of 5 stars
A great book that doesnt translate into the movie
I picked up the book recently when looking for something to read. What a great read and a great story, the main character Mark Whitacre is a complete outlier. Read more
Published 20 months ago by Michael J. Vella
1.0 out of 5 stars
Let me inform you...
...This film is so boring. I mean, what good is a "great performance", if you don't care about the character or the story.
It's... Read more
It's... Read more
Published on 6 April 2011 by Dog
2.0 out of 5 stars
Interesting idea poorly realised
The idea of a comedy about a compulsive liar working as a corporate whistleblower for the FBI sounds very promising to me. Read more
Published on 29 Mar 2011 by BS on parade
4.0 out of 5 stars
I Enjoy Putting it on From Time to Time
Okay, this film bugs some people. The soundtrack is wacky; it sounds more like some family film from the 1950's. Read more
Published on 13 Feb 2011 by C. Pendlebury
2.0 out of 5 stars
your problem amozon, not mine
Im only writing this because I couldnt simply add my rating. so here it is: I didnt really find myself getting involved in the film and I didnt find the scenarios very interesting;... Read more
Published on 16 Jan 2011 by Mr. J. Forsyth
2.0 out of 5 stars
A tad disappointing
There is no doubt that Soderbergh is a first class director, but I think he didn't get this offering quite right. Read more
Published on 21 May 2010 by Jones the Film
Customer Discussions
|
This product's forum
Active discussions in related forums
Search Customer Discussions
|
Related forums
|
Listmania!
Feedback
- Would you like to update product info or give feedback on images?
|
