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The Informers

Overview


Genre :

Drama, Thriller

Release Date :

April 24, 2009 (Limited)

MPAA Rating :

R

Director :

Gregor Jordan

Starring :

Billy Bob Thornton, Winona Ryder, Amber Heard, Mickey Rourke, Kim Basinger, Austin Nichols, Rhys Ifans, Jon Foster, Lou Taylor Pucci, Jessica Stroup

REVIEWS RATE:  Critics  Not quite bad, but it's not recommended either.    Readers  4 of 5 [Rate It]

1.5 of 4

“..transferred itself to the screen with mind-boggling, laugh-inciting horribleness..”
by Steven Rea [Philadelphia Inquirer]
1.5 of 4

“..the kind of movie that, upon leaving the theater, provokes the urge to take a shower..”
by James Berardinelli [ReelViews]
“..tedious and tawdry..”
by Lou Lumenick [New York Post]
1 of 4

“..simply dark and dull..”
by Moira Macdonald [Seattle Times]
Review rate : D

“..pretty, icky and boring all at once..”
by Mike Russell [Portland Oregonian]
“..One of the worst movies of this or any year..”
by Peter Travers [Rolling Stone]
“..might have been an interesting exercise in satire, if it only had a sense of humor..”
by John Anderson [Washington Post]
1 of 4

“..Here's what is bad: this movie..”
by Connie Ogle [Miami Herald]
Review rate : C+

“..by no means great--nor wholly true to the vision of Ellis..”
by Noel Murray [Onion AV Club]
1 of 4

“..all incredibly sordid and thuddingly uninteresting..”
by Claudia Puig [USA Today]
2 of 4
Reviewed by Joe Williams [St. Louis Post-Dispatch]
1.5 of 5
Reviewed by Sean O'Connell [Filmcritic.com]
1 of 4
Reviewed by Ty Burr [Boston Globe]
Reviewed by A.O. Scott [NY Times]

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