Identity Thief Reviews
Spectrum (St. George, Utah)
Sure, the two leads deserve better material, but there are enough laughs here to make up for a lot of creative mistakes-casting isn't one of them.
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| Original Score: B
Movie Talk
Without the irrepressible force of comic mayhem that is Melissa McCarthy, road-movie comedy Identity Thief would end up in the ditch. Luckily, the Bridesmaids co-star barrels her way through the plot's stickiest patches.
The List
Identity Thief isn't a great comedy in the class of McCarthy's Bridesmaids, but it's still a decent one ...
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| Original Score: 3/5
We Got This Covered
Identity Theft is perfectly performed, often wildly funny, and a great movie night option for the not-easily-embarrassed.
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| Original Score: 7/10
Boston Phoenix
[A] funny, though formulaic, mismatched-duo comedy ...
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| Original Score: 2.5/4
American Profile
It's not perfect, but it is a wild 'n' crazy road trip on the lighter side of a topic that, as a lot of folks have discovered, is no laughing matter.
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| Original Score: 2.5/5
jackiekcooper.com
Bateman and McCarthy elevate the material to a higher level than it should have.
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| Original Score: 7/10
Top CriticEven 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.
Journal and Courier (Lafayette, IN)
What keeps "Identity Thief" from being totally derailed is (Melissa) McCarthy's performance. She is a wonderful physical comedian who can elicit laughs just by running on a highway.
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| Original Score: 2.5/4
[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.
Tri-City Herald
Chemistry is the reason things click. Actors with the ability to connect their characters to you always overcome a multitude of movie sins.
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| Original Score: 4/5
Tolucan Times
Laugh out loud funny with bravura performances by Melissa McCarthy and Jason Bateman and a terrific supporting cast.
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| Original Score: 9/10
Really, this a two-hander that unfolds at two distinctly separate speeds.
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| Original Score: 2.5/4
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Jason Bateman and Melissa McCarthy make a terrific comedy team in this road trip romp.
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| Original Score: B
Groucho Reviews
McCarthy is a worthy successor to John Candy, who also had a gift for warming up caricatures with loveable humanity.
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| Original Score: 2.5/4
Sarasota Herald-Tribune
For a movie that's essentially a gender-scrambled version of Midnight Run, Identity Thief is an amiable rip-off.
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| Original Score: 4/5
DustinPutman.com
For all of its extraneous subplots and contrived scripting [the film's] got one decidedly potent weapon in the form of the fearless dynamo Melissa McCarthy.
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| Original Score: 2.5/4
Its stars, Jason Bateman and Melissa McCarthy, steal so many laughs from such improbable places that the bumps in this revenge/road trip farce can be mostly forgiven, though not forgotten.
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| Original Score: 3/5
[It] manages to make off with just enough laughs to work, thanks to the wondrous McCarthy, one of the few actresses in Hollywood allowed to showcase her wit and charisma as much as her physique.
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| Original Score: 2.5/4
The darkness in this comedy is exactly what makes it work so well.
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| Original Score: 2.5/4
