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Even with all its shortcomings and sentimental fudges, there is something about McCarthy's refusal to lie down and play the victim that gives it a comic edge. A blunt edge, to be sure, but an edge all the same.
[A] sloppily made exercise of rip-offs and redemption.
Considering that it starts out with two distinctive and likable stars and a reasonably promising premise, "Identity Thief" reaches impressive heights of laziness and idiocy.
Identity Thief apparently forgets it was supposed to be a comedy.
"Identity Thief" is a cheap copy of much better comedies.
[Identity Thief] exhausts most of the comic potential from identity theft in the first 20 minutes and then turns into a solid but unexceptional road picture.
After setting up the professional and emotional devastation Jason Bateman's character suffers when his identity is stolen, the movie does its best to say, "You know what? Forget about that. Laugh at the crazy car crashes instead."
Identity Thief is so bad that I hope it doesn't prematurely squash people's enthusiasm for Melissa McCarthy.
Bateman and McCarthy elevate the material to a higher level than it should have.
The scattered chuckles, while generally crude and obnoxious, might have more resonance if the film had some grounding in authenticity.
Identity Thief is funny enough, but it needed to be darker, raunchier, and crazier to live up to the promise of its casting.
A road movie with its creative lanes clogged, and a Mack truck comedian barreling through, anyway. Melissa McCarthy, pound-for-pound the funniest woman in show biz these days, carries this cruel and usual raunchfest practically by default.
This is a movie for those who could care less about a bad premise or, for that matter, misfired gags, false sentimentality and obtuse characters.
The snow might be tricky to predict. But the bad winter movies arrive right on schedule
If Identity Thief suffers from comedic recession, Melissa McCarthy is too small a stimulus package.
A waste of the talents of Melissa McCarthy and Jason Bateman.
Plays like one of those junky '80s vehicles Whoopi Goldberg got saddled with because Hollywood didn't know what the hell else to do with her.
The theft of identity that's going on here is the fact this thing is falsely advertising itself as a comedy
Identity Thief is an odd mix of edginess, slapstick, and serious drama that is only occasionally satisfying.
I came away from "Identity Thief" with more admiration than ever for Melissa McCarthy, but I hope somebody will devise a better vehicle for her talents.
Both Bateman and McCarthy are funny, but they really don't have much chemistry, which is essential for a road comedy that locks two people in cars and hotel rooms together.
It may be too soon to call Identity Thief the worst film of the year, but there's no doubt that it will be a contender.
The two have palpable chemsitry, but the film's hyper pace keeps pushing them forward when it might have nicer to just let these two make us laugh
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