# The Informant! (2009)

> A corporate insider recruited to expose price fixing becomes trapped inside his own increasingly elaborate mythology as an FBI informant.

Canonical page: https://ember.film/movie/6309

## Facts

- Runtime: 108 min
- Genres: Drama, Comedy, Crime
- Director: Steven Soderbergh
- Cast: Matt Damon, Scott Bakula, Joel McHale, Melanie Lynskey, Tom Papa, Rick Overton, Thomas F. Wilson, Clancy Brown
- TMDB rating: 6.2/10
- IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1130080/

## Ember's analysis

- Pacing: measured
- Intensity: moderate
- Complexity: layered
- Violence: mild
- Mood: witty, ironic, sardonic, adult movie night, crime comedy marathon

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