Total FilmMelissa McCarthy's over-the-top performance as a low-rung grifter enlivens what is otherwise a groan-worthy odd-couple comedy.
Chicago TribuneGordon is lost, and his style of shooting - telescopic close-ups, which never give us enough space to appreciate the perform...
New York Daily NewsWhat success the movie finds is due to the leads' efforts, which are impressively strenuous. They start out with a great pre...
The Boston GlobeUnfunny, predictable, and vulgar, it's the generic equivalent of a Judd Apatow movie. As always, you get what you pay for.
The Philadelphia InquirerIf nothing else, Identity Thief confirms McCarthy's identity in the Hollywood hierarchy: She's a big, ballsy star.
The New York Times As is the case with other unsatisfactory diversions, it is entirely possible to ignore the worst parts of this movie, to dri...
USA TodayIt manages to make off with just enough laughs to work, thanks to the wondrous McCarthy, one of the few actresses in Hollywo...
Los Angeles TimesIts stars, Jason Bateman and Melissa McCarthy, steal so many laughs from such improbable places that the bumps in this reven...
San Francisco ChronicleIdentity Thief is not only not funny. It's negative funny. It's short on laughs, but it will disturb and annoy.
New York PostWe can forgive the silly setup, without which there can be no film, but like many a road movie, this one has a better start ...
SlateThanks to McCarthy's abundant comic gifts and those of her equally ill-served straight man Jason Bateman, Identity Thief doe...
Salon ArtsConsidering that it starts out with two distinctive and likable stars and a reasonably promising premise, Identity Thief rea...
Entertainment WeeklyEven during more tender moments, she's working her butt off. The fault, I think, isn't in our stars but in the script, runni...
ReelViewsA lot of movies released into theaters deserve the label of "bad." Only a few cross the line into "reprehensible." Say hello...
Film School RejectsIt is, frankly speaking, just wickedly unfunny. It’s also cruel and insulting and unoriginal and far, far too long. It’s not...
JobloThe film is obviously meant to benefit from the chemistry between Bateman and McCarthy, and the two actually do develop a ra...
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Partial Film Information
Director: Seth Gordon
Writer: Jerry Eeten
Studio: Universal Pictures
Cast: Jason Bateman, Melissa McCarthy, Jon Favreau
Release: February 8, 2013
Writer: Jerry Eeten
Studio: Universal Pictures
Cast: Jason Bateman, Melissa McCarthy, Jon Favreau
Release: February 8, 2013
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