The Informers (2009) - Movie Details

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Release Date:	April 24, 2009 (NY)
On DVD:	August 25, 2009
Genre:	Crime, Drama
Director:	Gregor Jordan
Writer:	Bret Easton Ellis, Nicholas Jarecki
Cast:	Billy Bob Thornton, Kim Basinger, Winona Ryder, Mickey Rourke, Austin Nichols, Jon Foster, Lou Pucci, Amber Heard, Chris Isaak, Diego Klattenhoff
Studio:	Senator Entertainment
Official site:	theinformers.com
Running Time:	98 minutes
MPAA Rating:	Rated R for strong sexual content, nudity, drug use, pervasive language and some disturbing images

Bret Easton Ellis ("Less Than Zero" and "American Psycho") adapts his own acclaimed novel for the screen, returning to the Los Angeles of the early 1980's with a multi-strand narrative that deftly balances a vast array of characters who represent both the top of the heap (a Hollywood dream merchant, a dissolute rock star, an aging newscaster) and the bottom (a voyeuristic doorman, an amoral ex-con). Connecting all his intertwining strands are the quintessential Ellis...

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The Informers is like a 1980's version of Crash, only not as good, interesting or well-acted. Directed by Gregor Jordan, the movie is about several tragic characters all trying to make it their own way, whether it's doing drugs and having sex all night long or making a little cash by kidnapping a little boy for ransom. The movie was too dull to really pay attention to what was going on.

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