Metacritic Movie Ratings
The Informant! Reviews

A sample of reviews from critics across the country.

• 100

  out of 100

  Chicago Sun-TimesRoger Ebert

  As Soderbergh lovingly peels away veil after veil of deception, the film develops into an unexpected human comedy. Not that any of the characters are laughing.

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• 90

  out of 100

  The New York TimesManohla Dargis

  It is Mr. Soderbergh's insistence on seeing the A.D.M. scandal as a collective tragedy rather than as another white-collar crime that gives the movie force, resonance, feeling.

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• 75

  out of 100

  Entertainment WeeklyLisa Schwarzbaum

  In The Informant!, that brain -- screwy and yet capable of doing important undercover work -- free-associates like Ellen DeGeneres on a swing through Walmart. Cute, but as even Agent 86 would say in "Get Smart": Missed it by that much.

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• 75

  out of 100

  USA TodayClaudia Puig

  Soderbergh takes a deadly serious news story and amplifies and colors it to the point of outrageousness. The results aren't always consistent, but they are undeniably compelling.

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• 60

  out of 100

  VarietyTodd McCarthy

  Amusingly eccentric rather than outright funny.

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• 50

  out of 100

  The Hollywood ReporterKirk Honeycutt

  The whole film, a comedy about crime and mental illness, seems at war with itself.

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• 40

  out of 100

  Los Angeles TimesKenneth Turan

  While this film fits squarely into Soderbergh's recurrent goal of ignoring audience interest when possible, that's the only area in which it can be considered a success.

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