Paranormal Activity

10/18/09

"Shhhhhhhh, Did you hear that?"

-Katie

The Informant!

9/25/09

I have to say that The Informant! may very well be the most difficult movie that I review all year. See if you can follow me here. First, I will say that films that include scheming crimes as the basis of their sublot typically fascinate me. The Informant! fits this bill to a "T" as we find Mark Whitacre (Matt Damon) as the vice president of an agri-business giant turned informant leading the F.B.I down a trail of lies as he misguides them to find what he wants them to find. Matt Damon does a great job in this movie (gaining 30 pounds to do the flick), but I have never seen a movie that was so stoic throughout the entire running time, and even though there is a plot twist during the film, you aren't suprised at all when it is revealed. While based on a true story, this would have been better displayed on a 30-minute segment of Dateline. Lastly, another strange occurence in this movie is the vast 70's feel that you get, though the time period throughout the film is the early 90's. My best recommendation is this: If you are wanting to see this movie, you need to see it at the theater, because if you wait for the video, you will never sit long enough to watch it to completion. You figure that out.