Insider

Pros: The story, the cast, the acting, the script, the pace and directing!

Cons: None

The Bottom Line: I would recommend the Insider to anyone. It's a story that everyone should see and it's put together masterfully by Michael Mann.

Review: I enjoy compiling researching and reviewing top ten movie lists of years, decades and genres. I have been preparing my list of the best films from 1999. While researching for my list of the top ten films released in 1999,The Insider kept popping up. I ...

Pros: Beautifully acted; a taut, suspenseful film

Cons: A bit too long

The Bottom Line: Highly recommended. An excellent dramatization of one of the most fascinating true stories of the 1990s.

Review: VIEWER WARNING: The Insider contains graphic and explicit scenes of truth-telling, acceptance of responsibility, putting public duty before private interests, and demonstrating moral courage in the face of public vilification. Viewer discretion...

Pros: great acting, good story, Russell Crowe

Cons: a little long, but I wouldn't have left anything out

Review: The Basics:

So, here you have it, The Insider is the story of a man, willing to risk it all to simply speak the truth. If only it were that simple. This truth, which he believes the general public has a right, no a need to...

Pros: This movie packs three powerhouse punches: Mann's direction and performances from Pacino and Crowe

Cons: Because it takes its time building the case, some impatient viewers may feel restless

Review: WARNING: The Surgeon General has determined that watching The Insider may be hazardous to your opinion of nicotine, CEOs in suits and Mike Wallace’s integrity.

The Insider is without a doubt one of the most controversial movies...

Pros: Michael Mann's Direction; Russell Crowe and Al Pacino

Cons: Not much

The Bottom Line: The Insider is a dignified film with meaning and an excellent cast.

Review: The seedy corporate underbelly of the tobacco industry is exposed in Michael Mann’s most recent film, “The Insider,” where the truth that every action has an equal and opposite reaction comes crashing down on our antihero Jeffrey Wigand (Russell Crowe);...

Pros: Russell Crowe on screen (not enough)

Cons: sometimes long pauses, hence making it a bit too long

Review: Another one of my 'top ten' films in 1999. I was anxiously awaiting this film after seeing the previews long before it hit the box office. I had seen Russell Crowe on a talk show talking about his role in it, and of course ever since I had seen him in...

Pros: Crowe gives one of the best performances EVER, Mann's brilliant direction

Cons: none

The Bottom Line: I highly recommend "The Insider", even if you've already seen it once. It's a great (and true) story, with phenomenal acting & direction.

Review: "The Insider" is not only a brilliant bout of filmmaking by the supremely talented Michael Mann (Heat, Last of the Mohicans), but more importantly, it’s a tour-de-force for one of the finest actors working today, Russel Crowe.

The story,...

Pros: Intense - Great Acting

Cons: None

Review: Would I recommend seeing this movie on a Saturday night after watching it? Yes I would in a heartbeat. I was a little worried that this movie would drag on since it lasts 258 minutes. I have to tell you that it kept you on your seat trying to hang on...

Pros: Superior acting, good action

Cons: None that would prevent me from watching it again!

Review: I LOVED this movie! (Yes, yes, I will watch Al Pacino in anything, but this really is a great movie!)"THE INSIDER" is a true story and stars Al Pacino as Lowell Bergman (an ambitious producer and investigative reporter for the CBS News Show 60...

Pros: EVERYTHING

Cons: NONE

Review: Michael Mann, the best director to come out of the eighties? I really cannot say whether that is true or not, but Mann seems to always make the best films time and again. Plus they often vary in genre and he makes films only every once and a while. Could...