A rising star at agri-industry giant Archer Daniels Midland (ADM), Mark Whitacre suddenly turns whistleblower. Even as he exposes his company’s multi-national price-fixing conspiracy to the FBI, Whitacre envisions himself being hailed as a hero of the common man and handed a promotion.
Mark's collection of bizarre behaviors doesn't add up to a character.
– Dana Stevens,
Slate,
19 Sep 2009
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Soderbergh is a good listener, too, always alert to the myriad ways his characters reveal, conceal and finally betray themselves in thought, word and deed.
– Ann Hornaday,
Washington Post,
19 Sep 2009
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Damon is an agile comic performer, and Soderbergh knows how to serve him up without losing sight of the ultimate seriousness behind it all.
– Peter Rainer,
Christian Science Monitor,
2 Oct 2009
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It may come across like a self-satisfied madcap bauble, but that titular exclamation mark is the key that unlocks the myriad subtextual delights of Soderbergh's timely latest.
– David Jenkins,
Time Out,
20 Nov 2009
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In the end, it seems as though it's better to aim for searing moments and whiff on greatness than to shoot for the middle and hit it.