1. After 1 1/2 hours of ker-azee chuckles, you get one big clunker of a climax tossed in your lap.
2. While there are difficulties with the tone and the almost smug, clever-clever attitude of The Informant, the unusual nature of the story and, above all else, the performance of Damon make it worth catching.
3. The problem with The Informant!, aside from that overcoaxing exclamation mark, is that it's not especially funny.
4. An amusing and beautifully acted little caper but the very American shenanigans may well struggle to keep you entirely engaged.
5. Hugely enjoyable, frequently hilarious and superbly directed.
6. An engaging corporate comedy-drama that continually catches us (and the characters) off guard. It's great fun to watch, and has a strongly resonant kick.
7. Damon conveys the vulnerability of his character, but the script fails to explore why Whitacre makes the choices he does. He's simply buffoonish.
8. Quirky and eccentric rather than laugh-out-loud funny, mildly amusing rather than fully involving.
9. Damon is great. His comic timing as Mark Whitacre, a biochemist turned inept corporate whistleblower, transforms what should have been a dull film into an entertaining one.
10. Scott Z Burns's script hinges entirely on incidents that take place off-screen. The film will only work if audiences fail to notice this. But they won't, so it won't.
Based on these individual reviews, what is the critic consensus?
A charismatic turn by star Matt Damon and a consistently ironic tone boost this quietly funny satire about a corporate whistle-blower.