STARRING: Matt Damon (Ocean’s 11,12,13, Bourne Trilogy); Scott Bakula (Quantum Leap, Chuck); Melanie Lynskey (Two and a Half Men)DIRECTOR: Steven Soderbergh (Ocean series, Erin Brockovich)
WRITER: Scott Z Burns (Bourne Ultimatum)
PLOT: A whistle-blower revels in going undercover for the government to stop price-fixing. Then the secrets come out.
FIVE OBSERVATIONS
4 Matt Damon is fun to watch in this film. I was a little tired of everyone focusing on how much weight he gained for the role. His character’s eagerness easily outweighs his waistline. Damon has been making some smart choices lately.
4 It is cool to know that this film is based on a true story. Of course, events are embellished but still, pretty interesting.
4I don’t know why Soderbergh made the film look and sound like the seventies when the story takes place in the nineties. Maybe he was going for a madcap comedy look. I’m still not clear.
4 Fun to see Scott Bakula getting some work lately. But I was wondering why Joel McHale (The Soup, Community) was cast as a button-down FBI agent. Since there was not much humour from him, they could have gotten anyone for that role.
4 If you look in the background of some of the offices onscreen, you’ll see portraits and busts of Lincoln. Nice touch putting Honest Abe on the screen with rooms full of liars.
RECOMMENDATION
Wait for DVD
(Fun but not big screen worthy)
COMING SOON
The Invention of Lying, Capitalism: A Love Story
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