if on the is the story of mark whitaker who work for our children archer daniels
midland
and was working
on they're lighting business which is a food additives that is made from corn it
goes into just about everything
hands there was possible f_b_i_ investigation about something else
and when the f_b_i_ came and he probably blew the whistle about price fixing
which the f_b_i_ did put him to work as an informant
and you kind of see a complete mental breakdown of that david's character mark
whitaker
this is based on a novel
it
adams directed by steven soderbergh
hadn't a lot of people didn't see it
didn't get really probably the attention it deserves the twenty meter for the
movie was eighty five percent certified fresh
or a higher accolades decrease love the movie for the most part
but the audience just wasn't there and it's one of those things that i think
we've discussed
talking about it on today show so that people would really cannot see it it's a
great performance
i'll just jump in with my trip to great performance by matt fantastic events a
it's at
you know is equally it's at the same time holly respect horrifying seeing
what whitaker dot you know that the day
talk about later the film that he's
diagnose with bipolar disorder and you really see this
that i can only described as a mental breakdown
he starts making things up and the olsat part of the story and probably will be
no suspect hours as he was
blowing the whistle as he was a reason to form if he was embezzling
a_t_f_ and
he ended up doing more jail time three times as much jail time as any of the
executives
that were indicted in the price for it
there are people who you know so many agents that he worked with
will swear up and doubt that he was the hero that story edits
terrible miscarriage of justice
yeah he ended up doing so much time i'd
of course love that being the flame of below diverse the powerful
and unfortunately the powerful ways where replied that is some nuances to
admission twists and turns in that story so you don't see how
now it turns out but but you know is you see that
the big guys getting away with a few point out
so that
at a good
feet obviously and i thought it was funny great acting matt damon setup
but you know
the thing that's not me from loving a christy is that i_d_ and feel like
by isn't great is matt damon was in the movie and i
that i didn't get it true sense of wine what's this guy's motivational why's he
doing what he's doing
he stole quirky
that i didn't have a full grasp of it i think it was only thing that i
was a little hesitant about the move
becomes clear i think at the leaving no
what the deal is wetland that the opponent for the whole way through is
that you don't know what the deal if you don't know whether he's just a regular
guy who gets in over his
whether he is doing to lose in the grand jury being the sleeper spy he comes out
that a little fourteen threat the smartest ebola seven it or whether he
really that devious and two presidents got yet know the whole way through but
you do find at the end i think that is the payoff and that is what you're for
tourist horrifying when you discover wet
is going on with him psychologically and what affect the weak link was with his
wife
cuz you don't know what she knows and when she knows that she's doing docile
perfect suburban housewife and you wonder
how far as she and wealthy real and one of the things that i actually feel was
somewhat of a misfit this movie and i felt would've actually added to it
somewhat surprising left out
is that the reason he went to the f_b_i_ in reality reason whitaker in reality
went to the f_b_i_
about the price fixing was he was pressured for plot
and she had said to him
that if you don't go to the f_b_i_ i'm gone
right now i don't know yet what that that was hinted at in the movie but
all and your right about that and make the system
i thought there was something missing like i wanted to know more about
what motivated him even even at the end selling but having said that i'd really
like to move this very enjoyable
matt damon had a great force i thought he should be nominated for a as that but
i agree actual
have somewhat surprised you didn't get nominated and put on about your weight
for all
he really kind of
moved away from that pretty boy persona
the action hero
you know the good-looking dot
i like you really is playing a character an and you really
kinda disappears and what what i thought was really impressed you know what we
want your money or not movie i don't know if you guys get brad pitt in burn
after reading
and similar like almost over the top condom character really quirky character
and and i'll i'll brethren up
a role to serve at the end you know i gotta say i_d_ i give the movie at seven
point five
when i was tempted to go all the way they
okay
but because i i thought it wasn't quite bearable
give i'd think if you read this movie
at this point obvious is that on dvd
by the unity
not pleasantly surprised which is happy with it i think that's a helluva dvd-rom
so i i would always restore some porn thought maybe i am undersell prep
below that
then huh
little bit over your stride give-and-take
i think it's a fantastic marie i think it's a little bit something different
than we've seen of the students out of ur
uh... and i almost feel like based partly it's the score in the title cards
you can see i felt like revealed to know what i'm gonna say i felt like a suburb
almost channeling blake at work
there were times this movie that almost felt like a blake edwards movie in that
some of the stuff that whitaker dies
at some of the twists and turns of his reactions to things that he'll say these
things
job drop that it's you know he the mud friends at the amount of money that he
keeps embezzling
keeps changing and he'll talk to the fed's for the top of the f_b_i_
and he's the one st higher number
you know or
his lawyer at some point comes in the does this amazing performance which
again
happen in real life stage
to the department of justice that here's a guy that you guys used for three years
with no training going undercover
of course she crap of course he cracked
of course he was going to embezzle and
really start
losing himself you have to take it easy or and they offered a plea bargain
and wicker himself says bono
and i are some personal injury will
who shows at the end of the d_c_ police show up to meet with the video tape in
quite sure and i'm thinking
the it's just
but that's the thing though i think that it was he was so corky that he was born
and dump
and that's what couldn't help me was that he got hired to be a c all agree on
that later i was growing in real life is that
it was note this kind of charity
at this happened
and that's what i that's what really solving i did it happen and i said a
bird made it comedy
he may have really serious action thriller drama like the insider or an
ozone air rocket whatever it's a comedy is a seventy sq dot com aisle of the way
shot
faded kinda bases with a really heavy back lighting the marvin hamlisch school
or make you feel very seventy that love that about its and also just the
interior monologue which makes a lot more sense upon the second viewing it
starts giving you a clue
as to his true mental status is totally lenient bizarre observations on mike
the word for tuna in japanese air
and that the word for planning germanic entities non sequiturs that come out of
nowhere then you realize
upon second viewing
well okay this is a clue well and what i thought was great and i don't wanna
spoil anything but it's it's not so much that the voice over is a very short so
much as its
a real time
become a real touch thought process
which is fascinating once i figure that out
it really changes mood but again and to your point about
it being a comedy i'm not sure you could go any other way with that story being
if insider well right but uh... you know that the bread
if you went with something like the insider it's there's no way to playoff
your character your informit
acting so crazy i don't think you could you know
hat unless you go diving i guess you could you know if you want with like a
shutter i'll type of thing
but you know there is a great is it is a prisoner died right at algeria any doubt
because he's a really good point of dialogue
it's the kind of movie d_c_ twice which is then you know that that's pretty high
praise for a movie city you can see players
that's such good dialogue in in such good acting by mapping was your finals
for high eight
i really like to enact back at mafoi they overlooked i'm getting is because
the subject matter nolan could get their hands around what is this thing at the
comedy bits about licy right amin and people at the end of the time and i
think that was great so i saw that it'd be easy dvd rental because i mean we're
all the way up to an average of seven point eight on it
the pretty damn high school or not how must give the same zack thing is you
guys did
and uh... we send out a lot of praise for so apparently go see them for me