Now Playing: “The Informant”

Matt Damon packed on 30lbs for his role in The Informant and from the early reviews, it sounds like it was worth it.  The film hits theatres today and really resembles Erin Brokovich in a number of ways. The plot is based on the true story of bipolar whistleblower, Mark Whitacre (Damon), who believes he will become a hero when he turns in his company’s multi-national price-fixing conspiracy.
He begins working with the FBI but he begins to believe that his level of importance is greater than it actually is and the agents are left wondering about how much of what …read more