The Informer
Vertical Entertainment | Release Date (Streaming): November 6, 2020 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
61
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Generally favorable reviews based on 12 Critic Reviews
Positive:
6
Mixed:
6
Negative:
0
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Critic Reviews

Critic scorePublicationBy date
80
The TelegraphTim RobeySep 2, 2019
The Informer is one of the year’s more pleasant genre surprises: a clenched fist of a crime thriller in the mode of The Departed or The Town, in which every element is just a notch smarter than you’d expect. Generic though the film may look, it holds together absorbingly, thanks to a sturdy script which ups stakes and adds characters with cunning and intelligence. Read full review
75
Chicago Sun-TimesRichard RoeperNov 10, 2020
The climactic scenes when all hell breaks loose are gripping and enthralling, and in the midst of all the blood, sweat and tears, Joel Kinnaman is kicking ass and taking names in true action movie-star fashion. Read full review
70
The New York TimesBen KenigsbergNov 5, 2020
The movie has a surfeit of the sudden reversals and interlocking loyalties that can make for an absorbing time killer. Read full review
70
VarietyGuy LodgeDec 31, 2019
For all The Informer lacks in surface style — shot and scored as it is in functional, straight-to-VOD fashion — it remains a surprisingly well-oiled genre machine. Read full review
63
Movie NationRoger MooreAug 30, 2022
The intrigues are breathless and the violence so in your face that it takes a seriously off-key third act to make this one more a mixed bag than it was setting up to be. Read full review
63
Slant MagazineChuck BowenJan 6, 2020
Outside of the Easy Money series, Kinnaman has rarely been allowed to utilize his tightly wound intensity this explicitly. Read full review
60
The Hollywood ReporterJohn DeForeNov 6, 2020
While the script bounces from the cops to the feds to the cons and back, it fails to take us to that Donnie Brasco sweet spot in which the psychological pressures of being In Too Deep threaten to crack our hero, whether somebody gets a shiv into him or not. Read full review
60
Time OutPhil de SemlyenSep 2, 2019
The Informer is a film that favours brawn over brains, punching its way through any plot predicaments. A smart hairpin or two would have made it a juicier watch. Read full review
60
The GuardianPeter BradshawSep 2, 2019
The Informer is spread over a big canvas, but by the time of its big finale it is leaking energy. It might have made better sense as an episodic drama on television but it is brash and watchable, its world reeking with cynicism and fear. Read full review
50
San Francisco ChronicleBob StraussNov 5, 2020
It’s a busy film, so it holds your attention that way. But it’s busy checking off all of the crooks and crooked cops cliches it can, leaving the project little time to experiment with much that’s new. Or worthwhile. Read full review
50
Los Angeles TimesMichael OrdoñaNov 5, 2020
The Informer isn’t bad. It’s just nothing special. It relies too much on familiar elements. It’s the same throbbing score, the same expected betrayals and the same smiling, sadistic bad guys. Read full review
50
The Globe and Mail (Toronto)Barry HertzApr 2, 2020
The entire movie doesn’t merely tip-toe into the ridiculous, it dives head-first into the shallow end of stupid, cracking its head, and yours, along the way. Read full review
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