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September 18, 2009
At the Movies: The joke's on us with ‘The Informant!'
By CHRISTY LEMIRE
AP Movie Critic
AP Movie Critic
The exclamation point in the title is your first clue that Steven Soderbergh's intentions are more than a little askew with “The Informant!”
| THE INFORMANT! |
 Director: Steven Soderbergh Cast: Matt Damon, Scott Bakula, Joel McHale, Melanie Lynskey Rating: R for language Running time: 8 minutes |
Then you notice Matt Damon's helmet of hair, his pouf of a mustache, his corny sportswear and the paunch where the “Bourne” trilogy star's taut abs used to be. And once the strains of Marvin Hamlisch's jaunty score begin — an ideal accompaniment to the faded, 1970s-style cinematography — you know you're in some vividly retro, comic parallel universe.
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