What was Mark Whitacre thinking? A rising star at agri-industry giant Archer Daniels Midland (ADM), Whitacre (Matt Damon) suddenly turns whistleblower. Even as he exposes his company's multi-national price-fixing conspiracy to the FBI, Whitacre envisions himself being hailed as a hero of the common man and handed a promotion. But before all that can happen, the FBI needs evidence, so Whitacre eagerly agrees to wear a wire and carry a hidden tape recorder in his briefcase, imagining himself as a kind of de facto secret agent. Unfortunately for the FBI, their lead witness hasn't been quite so forthcoming about helping himself to the corporate coffers. Whitacre's ever-changing account frustrates the agents (Scott Bakula and Joel McHale) and threatens the case against ADM as it becomes almost impossible to decipher what is real and what is the product of Whitacre's active imagination.
Very entertaining but probably won't watch it again.March 21, 2010 That Was Cool.(Phoenix, Arizona, USA) 5 out of 7 found this review helpful
Matt Damon does his usual good acting job in this story of a sociopathic biochemist/businessman.
The film style is rather quirky with an incongruous soundtrack and stylistic settings in the Midwestern United States. I was kept interested throughout the film by new revelations regarding Whitaker's embezzlements.
The story progresses from Whitaker seeming to be a blameless whistle-blower to being the creative force in his own little 10 million dollar embezzlement scheme, while the company he worked for ripped consumers off for hundreds of millions in price fixing.
If you are a matt Damon fan I think you will enjoy this film.
Really liked it...quirkyMay 16, 2010 VictoriaSpice(Washington, DC) This is a distinct movie and when I say distinct, I mean it won't appeal to most but it definitely appealed to me. I found the plot line believable, found the story's pace good...I liked Matt Damon's portrayal...
Funny and Sad movieJuly 15, 2010 Bobbyd579 great movie Matt Damon is really good in it. Too bad it is a true story
Quirky retelling of Interesting StoryMarch 6, 2010 P. Lloyd(Astoria, N.Y. United States) 7 out of 11 found this review helpful
I went into this expecing quirky from director Steven Soderbergh. It is not supposed to be a typical white collar crime drama. I loved the voice over with the main character just giving random thoughts, even in the most ridiculous context of what was happening to him at the time. It is not action packed, drama filled but it is a pleasant black comedy with Matt Damon given a realy understated performance. Not laugh out loud funny but certainly brings you into the period of the early 1990's and tells the true story of a guy who was living in another world in his head.
LameSeptember 7, 2010 Clifford(Portland, OR, USA) If you are at all interested in the story behind the movie listen to the production of it by "This American Life" much more engrossing. I listened to that on the radio first and was excited to see that they had made it into a movie... not worth the price of admission.
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