Matt Damon Gets Unbelievably Corny in The Informant Trailer

Posted by David Baxter (dbaxter@filmschoolrejects.com) on July 1, 2009

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Apple has put up the first trailer for the Steven Soderbergh directed, Matt Damon starring, comedy The Informant. Holy hell, this is a comedy?! Was I the only one that didn’t know? I thought this would be a thriller, starring an overweight Jason Bourne. Instead we have a James Bond parody, starring 0014, twice as good as 007.

Genius. As a dramatic thriller this would have covered well trodden ground, but as a comedy it’s in a fairly small group of serious laugh bringers, beside almost all of the Coen comedies and Dr. Strangelove. Matt Damon is in Ocean’s 11/12/13 mode, which makes it obvious that Soderbergh is a fan of comedy Matt.

The basis for the movie is Kurt Eichenwald’s 2000 book of the same name. It covers the adventures of Ivy League graduate Mark Whitacre (Damon), who blew the whistle on the Lysine price fixing scandal in the early 90s. This was an effort to raise the price of Lysine worldwide. It follows Whitacre as he and the FBI move around the world, blowing the roof off of shit — or simply attending meetings wearing a wire in an attempt to implicate people in the conspiracy, I couldn’t tell which.

Cleverly Whitacre decided to try and commit fraud to the tune of nine million dollars at the same time. You know, while working with the FBI. Probably not the best decision, in the end.

You can see just how Whitacre’s story turns out when The Informant hits theaters on 9th October.

What do you think? Do you like Damon bringing the funny?


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  • I'm not sure how, but this is the first I've heard of this film. I think this looks to be a good flick. They may have showed us a little too much in the trailer, but what movies don't anymore? I have to say that Damon has really surprised me since Good Will Hunting. Don't get me wrong, I thought he was good in that, but he really has a broad spectrum of roles now. Kudos to him.
  • I first heard this story on NPR's This American Life and it was hilarious and captivating even then. Damon in comedy mode is great... remember his duet with Sarah Silverman? Supporting cast looks solid too with some unexpected faces in there. The only real wild card here is this Soderbergh guy...
  • You are right...for me his films have been hit or miss. Though I did like the "Oceans" films...and "Out of Sight" was great. Let keep our fingers crossed!
  • I feel like such an idiot. Every time I've heard of 'the informant' starring matt damon, I didn't read because I thought it was just another thriller. This looks awesome.
  • guest
    funny as Dr. Strangelove?

    I don't think so!!!!!
  • Didn't say that lol mainly because I haven't seen The Informant. I was just saying they are both serious comedies.
  • Josh
    I like that Damon looks to play the spy comedy subtly, unlike a lot of spy spoofs.
  • I too thought this was a thriller. But this seems so much funnier! Also, Baby Buster! Heeeey brother.
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