One of 1999's very best films

Rating: 10/10 (16 May 2015)

Michael Mann's The Insider is one the best films that Michael Mann has ever done along with Heat (1995), Collateral (2004), and Public Enemies (2009). The movie tells the true story of Jeffrey Wigand (played by Russell Crowe in an Oscar nominated performance)who used to work as a tobacco scientist who ended up getting fired and whistle-blowing what has been going with his former workplace to "60 Minutes" news anchor Mike Wallace (played by Christopher Plummer)amid receiving death threats along with his family and trying to get protected by the producer of "60 Minutes" named Lowell Bergman (played by Al Pacino). this was the first film that Pacino did for Mann after working on Heat (1995) four years earlier, everything about this film is just flawless especially when it comes to the amazingly good performances from Al Pacino, Russell Crowe,Christopher Plummer, Philip Baker Hall, and Diane Venora as Jeffrey's wife (later ex-wife). Mann's and Eric Roth's script, along with Mann's directorship and Dante Spinotti's photography are just excellent, and as a result the movie got 7 Oscar nominations including Best Picture , Best Actor for Russell Crowe, and Best Director for Michael Mann. Which are few reasons why I think that it is a great film as well as the emotional range of the Russell Crowe performance which made me empathize with what he was going through throughout the course of the entire film.