The Informant!

Matt Damon plays Mark Whitacre, an airhead yet genius type. You know, where they are unbelievably smart, but don't really pay attention to others. Not trying to confuse this with a lack of "street smarts" that the commercials show, because Mark has them.

Anywho, the story begins with Mark Whitacre talking of a man bribing his corn company for a few million dollars. This leads to an FBI investigation. The investigation quickly switches off of the bribe and onto a bigger thing that Mark reveals... price fixing. From there the chaos ensues. Mark actually does a decent job with helping them get film and tapes, yet he doesn't seem to be telling the truth all the time. I won't spoil the rest, you'll just have to see it.

The movie is really funny, not so much in physical humor, but in a lot of dialog and situational humor. Matt Damon really nails his part well. The supporting cast has that dry humor type acting which really works well with the movie.

The movie seems to drag on toward the end, but never really has you lose interest. The story, namely Mark Whitacre's lies, keep the movie flowing well and never allows you to guess what is happening next. (Unless you've read the novel)

I think it was a good change for Matt Damon, and a movie that was very worth seeing.

Don't expect too much laughing. You'll get enough though, and the story is worth it.

I rate this movie 7.7 out of 10.