Movie Making at its Best

Rating: 10/10 (15 May 2001)

First of all, this movie is not for people that enjoy shallow, flat, or poorly written scripts. The Insider is an informative true story that shows us how Dr. Jeffrey Wigand (Russell Crowe) chose to fight and reveal the lies of the tobacco company Brown & Williamson. We see how it cost him his family, his reputation, and forever changed his life. Al Pacino does an amazing job of portraying the 60 minutes producer Lowell Bergman who helped Wigand along his journey of emptiness, heartache, and frustration in order to show the American people the truth. Russell Crow gives the performance of his career, and Al Pacino again shows America what real acting is all about. With the magnificent script from Eric Roth & Michael Mann and the beautiful score by Lisa Gerard & Pieter Bourke, we receive one of the most powerful and gripping movies of 1999.