A collection of intersecting short stories set in early 1980s Los Angeles, depicts a week in the lives of an assortment of socially alienated, mainly well-off characters who numb their sense of emptiness with casual sex, violence, and drugs.
It's by far the most slack, ho-hum movie ever made from Ellis' material.
– Owen Gleiberman,
Entertainment Weekly,
24 Apr 2009
rotten:
Gorgeous people and some well written dialogue aren't enough to make this a movie you should see.
– Ben Lyons,
At the Movies,
27 Apr 2009
rotten:
This just felt like a bunch of people in 1980s L.A. with blonde streaks in their hair listening to Wang Chung.
– Ben Mankiewicz,
At the Movies,
27 Apr 2009
fresh:
We may not care about these cokeheads, but only rarely does Jordan fall into knee-jerk retribution.
– Joshua Rothkopf,
Time Out,
17 Jul 2009
fresh:
Rating less than zero on the sophistication scale, The Informers is thus a totally faithful adaptation of Bret Easton Ellis' novel--and an accurate look at early '80s-era Los Angeles.