Suffice to say, the irony of it all provided a far richer tale.
Featuring a career-best performance from Matt Damon, this dramedy finds Damon playing Mark Whitacre, a whistleblower in the lysine price-fixing conspiracy in the mid-’90s who finds himself caught up in a large stream of absurd circumstances throughout the movie’s runtime.
While the tale never fails to recognize the humor in this situation, the film’s portrayal of Mark Whitacre shows a midwestern man who wants to believe he’s at the center of a spy capper.