The Insider
7 Oscar Nominations
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A research chemist comes under personal and professional attack when he decides to appear in a 60 Minutes exposé on Big Tobacco.
What critics thought
One of the most acclaimed films of 1999, Mann's corporate whistleblower thriller was widely praised for its command of tension, its visual precision, and Russell Crowe's performance as Jeffrey Wigand — though a minority felt it overstated the obstacles facing truth-tellers in America. The main critical debate was less about quality than degree: whether this was Mann at his very best or merely very good.
“Mann could probably make a movie about needlepoint riveting. Employing a big canvas, a huge cast of superb character actors and his always exquisite eye for composition, he's made the kind of current-events epic that Hollywood has largely abandoned to TV—and shows us how movies can do it better.”
David Ansen·Newsweek
“by far Mann's most fully realized and enthralling work”
Janet Maslin·The New York Times
“With its dynamite performances, strafing wit and dramatic provocation, The Insider offers Mann at his best—blood up, unsanitized, and unbowed.”
Peter Travers·Rolling Stone
“a good but far from great movie because it presents truth telling in America as far more imperiled than it is”
Entertainment Weekly
Genres
Biography, Drama, History
Cast & Crew
DirectorMichael Mann
StarringAl Pacino, Russell Crowe, Christopher Plummer, Diane Venora, Philip Baker Hall
ComposerLisa Gerrard, Pieter Bourke
The Insider
7 Oscar Nominations
A research chemist comes under personal and professional attack when he decides to appear in a 60 Minutes exposé on Big Tobacco.
What critics thought
One of the most acclaimed films of 1999, Mann's corporate whistleblower thriller was widely praised for its command of tension, its visual precision, and Russell Crowe's performance as Jeffrey Wigand — though a minority felt it overstated the obstacles facing truth-tellers in America. The main critical debate was less about quality than degree: whether this was Mann at his very best or merely very good.
“Mann could probably make a movie about needlepoint riveting. Employing a big canvas, a huge cast of superb character actors and his always exquisite eye for composition, he's made the kind of current-events epic that Hollywood has largely abandoned to TV—and shows us how movies can do it better.”
David Ansen·Newsweek
“by far Mann's most fully realized and enthralling work”
Janet Maslin·The New York Times
“With its dynamite performances, strafing wit and dramatic provocation, The Insider offers Mann at his best—blood up, unsanitized, and unbowed.”
Peter Travers·Rolling Stone
“a good but far from great movie because it presents truth telling in America as far more imperiled than it is”
Entertainment Weekly
Genres
Biography, Drama, History
Cast & Crew
DirectorMichael Mann
StarringAl Pacino, Russell Crowe, Christopher Plummer, Diane Venora, Philip Baker Hall
ComposerLisa Gerrard, Pieter Bourke
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